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| Alepisauriformes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Sand diver, Synodus intermedius | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Subclass: | Neopterygii |
| Infraclass: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Alepisauriformes Regan, 1911 |
Alepisauriformes (meaning "lizard form without scales") is an extinct order of fish described by Regan in 1911.
A Russian fossil of Apateodus dates back around 112 million years.
There is a living genus, Alepisaurus (lancetfishes), which used to be classified here, now it is classified in the order Aulopiformes.
Alepisauriformes includes the following genera:
- †Apateodus
- †Apateopholis
- †Argillichthys
- †Cheirothrix
- †Cyranichthys
- †Dercetis
- †Dercetoides
- †Drimys
- †Eurypholis
- †Evermanella
- †Exocoetoides
- †Halec
- †Hemisaurida
- †Holosteus
- †Ichthyotringa
- †Leptecodon
- †Lestidiops
- †Palaeolycus
- †Pantophilus
- †Paralepis
- †Parascopelus
- †Parenchodus
- †Pelargorhynchus
- †Phylactocephalus
- †Prionolepis
- †Rharbichthys
- †Rhynchodercetis
- †Saurorhamphus
- †Stratodus
- †Synodus
- †Telepholis
- †Volcichthys
Timeline of genera
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alepisaurus". FishBase. February 2012 version.
External links
- "Alepisauriformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
- "Alepisauriformes". ATW.hu. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
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