Ctenothrissa
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Fossil of Ctenothrissa vexillifer (Pictet, 1850) from Lebanon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Subclass:
Neopterygii
Infraclass:
Teleostei
Order:
Ctenothrissiformes (disputed)
Genus:
Ctenothrissa Woodward, 1899

Ctenothrissa is a prehistoric genus of ray-finned fish in the supposed order "Ctenothrissiformes".

Taxonomy

These Teleostei are only known from fossils. While they are sometimes included in the superorder Acanthopterygii or Protacanthopterygii, this is neither well-supported, nor is the monophyly of the "Ctenothrissiformes" robustly established. Indeed, it is quite likely that the supposed order is a paraphyletic assemblage of ancient moderately advanced Teleostei.[1]

See also

Bibliography

  • Taylor, Christopher (2009): Catalogue of Organisms – Living Larvae and Fossil Fish. Version of 2009-FEB-05. Retrieved 2009-SEP-28.
  • Carroll, R. L. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. New York: W. H. Freeman & Co.
  • M. Gayet, A. Belouze & P. Abi Saad, 2003. Liban Mémoire du Temps. Les Poissons fossiles. Éditions Desiris.
  • Patterson, C. 1964. "A review of Mesozoic acanthpterygian fishes, with special reference to those of the English chalk." Phil. Trans. Roy Soc. London 247(B):213-482.
  • Woodward, A. S., 1899: Additional notes on some Type specimens of Cretaceous Fishes from Mount Lebanon in the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art. Annals of Natural History, IV 317-321
  • Woodward, A. S., 1899: Note on some Cretaceous clupeoid fishes with pectinated scales (Ctenothrissa and Pseudoberyx). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7 3:489-492
  • Woodward, A.S., 1891–1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum, Parts 1–4. London: British Museum.

References

  1. ↑ Taylor (2009)


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