Telepholis

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Telepholis
Temporal range: Cenomanian - Campanian [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Genus:† Telepholis
von der Marck, 1868

Telepholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Cenomanian to Campanian. [1]

Contents

Species

Species in the genus Telepholis as reported in Dietze (2009): [2]

Location/Distribution

Type Locality: [2] Sendenhorst (Westphalia, Germany)

Holotype and known collections specimens

The Holotype is specimen "GIM-8434". As reported in Dietze's study : "Complete specimen with poorly preserved head, standard length ca. 112 mm" [2]

Standard length of 3 specimens (GIM-8425, GIM-8434 and IPB-1631) : 112-160 mm (11.2 - 11.6 cm).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. 1 2 3 Dietze, Kathrin (2009). "Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of certain neoteleostean fishes from the Upper Cretaceous of Sendenhorst, Germany" . Cretaceous Research. 30 (3): 559–574. Bibcode:2009CrRes..30..559D. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.11.001. ISSN   0195-6671 . Retrieved 2022-03-22.


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