Turseodus

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Turseodus
Temporal range: CarnianNorian
~237–208.5  Ma
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Turseoidae
Genus: Turseodus
Leidy 1857
Type species
T. acutus
Leidy, 1857
Other Species
Synonyms
  • GwyneddichthisBock, 1959 [1]
  • EurecanaBock, 1959 [1]

Turseodus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish found in Late Triassic freshwater sediments of the United States. [2] [3] Two species have been described, T. acutus from the Lockatong Formation (Carnian stage) of Pennsylvania, and T. dolorensis from the Chinle Formation (Norian stage) of Colorado. [4]

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Classification

Although previously placed in the paraphyletic family Palaeoniscidae, [1] Turseodus was later referred to its own family, Turseoidae, by Wilhelm Bock. [5] The lachrymal bone of Turseodus forms part of the oral margin, an unusual condition known otherwise only from the Early to Middle Triassic Pteronisculus . Based on this synapomorphy and other similarities, a close relationship between Turseodus and Pteronisculus is hypothesized. [6] There are also similarities with Turfania from the Permian of China. [6] However, a close evolutionary relationship between these genera has not yet been tested by cladistic analyses.

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