Telepholis

Telepholis
Temporal range: Cenomanian - Campanian[1]
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Genus:
Telepholis

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

Species

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

  • Telepholis acrocephalus, von der Marck and Schlüter, 1868 (Type species)
  • Telepholis tenuis, Davis 1887

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

  • iconPaleontology portal
  • Fish portal

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ a b c 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.
Taxon identifiers
Telepholis


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