Teleocephala

Teleocephala Temporal range: Early Jurassic–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Supercohort:	Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996

Teleocephala is a supercohort of vertebrates, it is the grouping which contains the "crown group" of the Teleostei, the bony fishes. The name was coined by Mario de Pinna in his 1996 book Interrelationships of Fishes and the clade was given the rank of supercohort by Edward O. Wiley and G. David Johnson in 2010. ^[1] Some authorities treat Teleocephala and Teleosteomorpha as synonymous, however, this is only applicable when treating extant taxa and that the treatment of these taxa in the 5th edition of Fishes of the World is somewhat confusing as de Pinna's original Teleocephala is actually a combination of three taxonomical concepts. ^[2]

References

1. Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 128–129. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN   2015037522. OCLC   951899884. OL   25909650M.
2. Betancur-R., R.; Wiley, E.O.; Arratia, G.; Acero, A.; Bailly, N.; Miya, M.; Lecointre, G. & Ortí, G. (2017). "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology . 17 (162). doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3 . OCLC   7079229862. PMC   5501477 . PMID   28683774. S2CID   26509184 .