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Telepholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Cenomanian to Campanian. [1]
Species in the genus Telepholis as reported in Dietze (2009): [2]
Type Locality: [2] Sendenhorst (Westphalia, Germany)
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).
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