Enchelyolepis
| Enchelyolepis Temporal range:
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| Specimen of E. andrewsi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Ginglymodi |
| Order: | †Semionotiformes |
| Family: | †Macrosemiidae |
| Genus: | †Enchelyolepis Woodward, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| †Macrosemius andrewsi Woodward, 1895
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| Species | |
Enchelyolepis (meaning "eel-like scale") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish known from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Europe.[1][2] It was a member of the Macrosemiidae, a family of ginglymodians distantly related to modern gars, and contains two species that were both previously described as species of Macrosemius.[3]
The following species are known:[4]
- †E. andrewsi (Woodward, 1895) (type species) - Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) of England (middle Purbeck Group)[5]
- †E. pectoralis (Sauvage, 1883) - Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of France (Portland Group)[6]
Both species were very small for their order, with E. andrewsi being only 35 millimetres (1.4 in) in length.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- ^ Woodward, Arthur Smith (1895). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Taylor & Francis.
- ^ a b Woodward, Arthur Smith (1919). The Fossil Fishes of the English Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Palaeontographical Society.
- ^ "PBDB Collection". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- ^ "PBDB Collection". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
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