Pleuropholidae

Pleuropholidae, the pleuropholids, is an extinct family of stem-teleost fish that lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. It is one of the few families that were formerly placed in the paraphyletic order Pholidophoriformes. Pleuropholids can be distinguished from other pholidophoriforms by the elongated scales on the sides of their bodies.

 Some genera 

 Pleuropholis 

Pleuropholis is an extinct, prehistoric pleuropholid with fossils found in Europe and North America. The type species is Pleuropholis crassicauda.

 Parapleuropholis 

Parapleuropholis is an extinct ray-finned fish from the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the early Toarcian stage of the Early Jurassic.

 Taxonomy 
The family has five genera:

 Austropleuropholis
 Gondwanapleuropholis
 Parapleuropholis
 Pleuropholis
 Zurupleuropholis

 Related pages 

 Acanthomorpha
 Acanthopterygii
 Pleuropholis
 Triggerfish

 References 

 Brito, P. M; Gallo, V. (2002). "A new pleuropholid, Gondwanapleuropholis longimaxillaris n. g., n. sp. (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Jurassic of north east Brazil". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 1 (8): 697–703. Bibcode:2002CRPal...1..697B. doi:10.1016/S1631-0683(02)00080-5.
 Giordano, P. G.; Succar, C. A.; Codorniú, L.; Cione, A. L.; Arratia, G. (2018). "Zurupleuropholis gen. nov. (Teleostei, Albian, Argentina), first pleuropholids from the Cretaceous of South America". Cretaceous Research. 84: 223–239. Bibcode:2018CrRes..84..223G. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.017.

Category:Extinct fish
Category:Jurassic
Category:Cretaceous