| Parechelus Temporal range: Ypresian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | †Parechelidae Casier, 1967 |
| Genus: | †Parechelus Casier, 1967 |
| Type species | |
| †Parechelus prangei Casier, 1967 | |
Parechelus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Ypresian (lower Eocene). The genus was circumscribed by Edgard Casier in 1967 for his description of P. parechelus.
When Casier circumscribed this genus, he simultaneously defined the family Parechelidae, with Parechelus as its sole genus; and placed it in the order Anguilliformes. The family Parechelidae was considered to be intermediate between Ophichthidae and Muraenidae. Jack Sepkoski, citing Colin Patterson, also classified the genus in Anguilliformes.
See also
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jr., J. John (2002). "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 310.
- ^ Casier, Edgard (1967). "Poissons de l'Éocène inférieur de Katharinenhof-Fehmarn (Schleswig-Holstein)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 43 (25): 8–1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2017; Pl. 1, fig. 1.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - Young, Sally V. T.; Williams, R. J. (2008). "New information on the cranial anatomy of the eel genus Echelus Rafinesque, 1810 (Ophichthidae: Anguilliformes) from the Early Eocene". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 295 (1): 317. Bibcode:2008GSLSP.295..311Y. doi:10.1144/SP295.15. S2CID 128415714.
External links
- Rees, Tony (2011). "Parechelidae †". Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- Rees, Tony (2011). "Parechelus Casier, 1967 †". Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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| Parechelus | |
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