Phyllodus

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Phyllodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Phyllodus

Phyllodus is an extinct genus of bony fish from the Maastrichtian to Middle Miocene. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Maastrichtian to Lancian Hell Creek Formation and the Eocene London Clay.

See also[]

List of prehistoric bony fish genera

References[]

Further reading[]

Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 215)

Elopomorph genera

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Neopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei

- see Actinopterygii

- see Neopterygii

see Teleostei
Elopomorpha	see below↓

Elopomorpha

†Anaethalion † †Daitingichthys †Davichthys †Echinelops †Eichstaettia † †Eoprotelops † †Flindersichthys † † † †Protelops
†	Egertonia Eodiaphyodus Paralbula Phyllodus Pseudoegertonia
Elopidae	† Elops † †Lyrolepis †
Megalopidae	† †Brouweria †Elopoides Megalops †Paratarpon †Promegalops †Protarpon †Sedenhorstia

Albuliformes

† †Brannerion †Bullichthys † † † † † †Osmeroides † † † †
Albulidae	Albula †Casierius † † † †Istieus † Nemoossis † † † Pterothrissus

Notacanthiformes

Notacanthidae	Lipogenys Notacanthus Polyacanthonotus
Halosauridae	Aldrovandia †Echidnocephalus Halosauropsis Halosaurus †Laytonia

- see Eels

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