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Alepisauriformes
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Sand diver, Synodus intermedius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
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:

Timeline of genera

QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousHolocenePleistocenePlioceneMioceneOligoceneEocenePaleoceneLate CretaceousEarly CretaceousEvermanellaParalepisParascopelusDrimysAlepisaurusSynodusHolosteusSauridaLestidiopsArgillichthysPelargorhynchusStratodusPalaeolycusCheirothrixPantophilusLeptecodonDercetisEurypholisSaurorhamphusPhylactocephalusParenchodusApateopholisEnchodusCimolichthysTelepholisIchthyotringaHalecPrionolepisVolcichthysRharbichthysHemisauridaExocoetoidesCyranichthysRhynchodercetisDercetoidesApateodusQuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousHolocenePleistocenePlioceneMioceneOligoceneEocenePaleoceneLate CretaceousEarly Cretaceous

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alepisaurus". FishBase. February 2012 version.

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