Apateopholis Explained

Apateopholis (meaning "confusing scale") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish. It is the only member of the family Apateopholidae and contains a single species, A. laniatus, from the Cenomanian of Lebanon. It was a relative of modern lizardfish and lancetfish in the order Aulopiformes.[1] [2] [3] At least one study has found it to be a potential sister genus to the enigmatic Yabrudichthys of the West Bank.[4]

References

  1. Web site: PBDB . 2024-02-22 . paleobiodb.org.
  2. Silva . Hilda M. A . Gallo . Valéria . Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) . Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências . June 2011 . 83 . 2 . 483–511 . 10.1590/S0001-37652011000200010 . 21670874 .
  3. Forey . Peter L. . Yi . Lu . Patterson . Colin . Davies . Cliff E. . Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . January 2003 . 1 . 4 . 227–330 . 10.1017/S147720190300107X . 2003JSPal...1..227F . 85606708 .
  4. Chida . Mori . 2022 . A new species of dercetid and the assessment of the phylogeny of the Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) . 10.7939/r3-nqmz-nf15 .

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