Elopoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Elopiformes |
| Family: | Megalopidae |
| Genus: | †Elopoides Wenz, 1965 |
| Species: | †E. tomassoni
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| †Elopoides tomassoni Wenz, 1965
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Elopoides (meaning "similar to Elops") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish known from the Early Cretaceous of Europe.[1][2] It contains a single species, E. tomassoni, known from the late Albian of Aube, France. It is thought to be a stem-group megalopid, making it closely related to modern tarpons.[3][4][5]
It is known from a single, complete skull with a well-preserved endocast of the brain, allowing the morphology of the braincase to be compared with other, more basal ray-finned fish. Otoliths may also be preserved.[6][7]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Forey, Peter L. (1973). A Revision of the Elopiform Fishes, Fossil and Recent. British Museum (Natural History).
- ^ Near, Thomas J.; Thacker, Christine E. (2024-04-18). "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1). doi:10.3374/014.065.0101. ISSN 0079-032X.
- ^ Murray, Alison M.; Hoşgör, Izzet (2012-03-01). "An early Oligocene elopiform fish from a new locality in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2). doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.648248. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ Khalloufi, Bouziane; El Houssaini Darif, Khadija; Jourani, Essaid; Khaldoune, Fatima; Jalil, Nour-Eddine (2019-10-21). "A new Palaeocene Megalopidae (Teleostei, Elopomorpha) from the phosphate basins of Morocco". Historical Biology. 31 (9). doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1443327. ISSN 0891-2963.
- ^ Giles, Sam; Rogers, Molly; Friedman, Matt (2018). "Bony labyrinth morphology in early neopterygian fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii)". Journal of Morphology. 279 (4): 426–440. doi:10.1002/jmor.20551. ISSN 1097-4687. PMID 27165962.
- ^ Schwarzhans, Werner; Beckett, Hermione T.; Schein, Jason D.; Friedman, Matt (2018). "Computed tomography scanning as a tool for linking the skeletal and otolith-based fossil records of teleost fishes". Palaeontology. 61 (4): 511–541. doi:10.1111/pala.12349. ISSN 1475-4983.
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