Sardinioides

Sardinoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Campanian. It is a member of the Myctophiformes order, and considered a sister group to Paleogene and modern neoscopelids and myctophids.[1]

Sardinioides
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Campanian)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Myctophiformes
Family:
Sardinioididae
Genus:
Sardinioides
Species
  • †S. monasterii (Agassiz, 1835)
  • †S. crassicaudus (Marck, 1863)
  • †S. macrophthalmus (von der Marck and Schlüter, 1863)

References
  1. Dietze, Kathrin (June 2009). "Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of certain neoteleostean fishes from the Upper Cretaceous of Sendenhorst, Germany". Cretaceous Research. 30 (3): 559–574. Bibcode:2009CrRes..30..559D. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.11.001.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.