Apateopholis

Apateopholis
Temporal range: Cenomanian
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Fossil specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Superfamily: †Ichthyotringoidea
Family: †Apateopholidae
Goody, 1969
Genus: †Apateopholis
Woodward, 1891
Species:
†A. laniatus
Binomial name
†Apateopholis laniatus
(Davis, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Rhinellus laniatus Davis, 1887
Not to be confused with Apateodus.

Apateopholis (meaning "confusing scale") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish. It is the only member of the family Apateopholidae and contains a single species, A. laniatus, from the Cenomanian of Lebanon. It was a relative of modern lizardfish and lancetfish in the order Aulopiformes.[1][2][3] At least one study has found it to be a potential sister genus to the enigmatic Yabrudichthys of the West Bank.[4]

References

  1. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  2. ^ Silva, Hilda M. A; Gallo, Valéria (June 2011). "Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (2): 483–511. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652011000200010. PMID 21670874.
  3. ^ Forey, Peter L.; Yi, Lu; Patterson, Colin; Davies, Cliff E. (January 2003). "Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 1 (4): 227–330. Bibcode:2003JSPal...1..227F. doi:10.1017/S147720190300107X. S2CID 85606708.
  4. ^ Chida, Mori (2022). A new species of dercetid and the assessment of the phylogeny of the Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) (Thesis). doi:10.7939/r3-nqmz-nf15.[page needed]


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