| Zanclites Temporal range: Santonian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Tselfatiiformes |
| Family: | †Plethodidae |
| Genus: | †Zanclites Jordan, 1924[1] |
| Species | |
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Zanclites xenerus Jordan, 1924 | |
Zanclites is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.[2]
Classification
Zanclites is a member of the Tselfatiiformes, a group of fish typical of the Cretaceous period and usually endowed with large dorsal fins. In particular, Zanclites would appear to have been a member of the Plethodidae family. Zanclites xenurus was first described by Jordan in 1924, based on a well-preserved fossil from the Niobrara Formation in Kansas (United States). Other fish belonging to the same family found in the same formation are Niobrara and Pentanogmius.
References
- ↑ Jordan, DS 1924. A collection of fossil fishes in the University of Kansas from the Niobrara Formation of the Cretaceous. University Kansas Science Bulletin, 15 (2): 219-245.
- ↑ "Zanclites". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
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