Pleuropholidae
| Pleuropholidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Infraclass: | Teleostei |
| Family: | †Pleuropholidae Saint-Seine, 1949 |
Pleuropholidae is an extinct family of stem-teleost fish that lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. It is one of several families that were historically placed in the paraphyletic order .[1][2] Pleuropholids can be distinguished from other "pholidophoriforms" by the elongated scales on the sides of their bodies.[1]
Taxonomy[]
The family contains the following genera:[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b c 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. doi:10.1016/S1631-0683(02)00080-5.
- ^ a b 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. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2017.11.017.
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