• Source: Plethodidae

Plethodidae is an extinct family of teleost fish that existed during the Late Cretaceous period. Fossils are known from North America, North Africa, and Europe.




Description


Plethodids possessed thin, angelfish-like bodies and often had high dorsal fins which made them distinctive from other types of fish. Their skeletons were partially cartilaginous, though the amount varied from one species to another.
















Genera


Plethodidae contains the following genera:

Bachea
Bananogmius
Concavotectum?
Dixonanogmius
Enischnorhynchus
Luxilites
Martinichthys
Moorevillia
Niobrara
Paranogmius
Pentanogmius
Plethodus
Pseudanogmius
Pseudothryptodus
Rhamphoichthys
Syntegmodus
Thryptodus
Tselfatia
Zanclites




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Plethodidae
• Leedsichthys
• Vinctifer
• Marcopoloichthys
• Pachycormiformes
• Syntegmodus
• Rhamphoichthys
• List of vertebrate fauna of the Campanian stage
• Bananogmius
• Ouled Abdoun Basin