Pleuropholidae is an extinct family of stem-teleost fish that lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. It is one of several families that were historically placed in the paraphyletic order Pholidophoriformes.[1][2] Pleuropholids can be distinguished from other "pholidophoriforms" by the elongated scales on the sides of their bodies.[1]
Taxonomy
The family has five genera:[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c Brito, P. M; Gallo, V. (2002). "A new pleuropholid, Gondwanapleuropholis longimaxillaris n. g., n. sp. (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Jurassic of north east Brazil". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 1 (8): 697–703. Bibcode:2002CRPal...1..697B. doi:10.1016/S1631-0683(02)00080-5.
- ^ a b Giordano, P. G.; Succar, C. A.; Codorniú, L.; Cione, A. L.; Arratia, G. (2018). "Zurupleuropholis gen. nov. (Teleostei, Albian, Argentina), first pleuropholids from the Cretaceous of South America". Cretaceous Research. 84: 223–239. Bibcode:2018CrRes..84..223G. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.017. hdl:11336/91831.
