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Telepholis
Temporal range: Cenomanian - Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Genus: †Telepholis
von der Marck, 1868

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

Species

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

Location/Distribution

Type Locality: 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"

Standard length of 3 specimens (GIM-8425, GIM-8434 and IPB-1631) : 112-160 mm (11.2 - 11.6 cm).

See also

References

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