Halecidae Explained

Halecidae is an extinct family of aulopiform fish known from the Cretaceous.^[1] It is one of the Enchodontoidei, a diverse group of aulopiforms that were dominant marine fish during the Cretaceous.^[2]

It contains the following genera:^[3]

• Family †Halecidae
  • Genus †Halec
  • Genus †Phylactocephalus

The genera Hemisaurida and Serrilepis are also sometimes included in the family, though more recent studies have placed them outside it.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: PBDB . 2024-01-17 . paleobiodb.org.
2. Silva . Hilda M. A. . Gallo . Valéria . 2011 . Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) . Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências . en . 83 . 2 . 483–511 . 10.1590/S0001-37652011000200010 . 21670874 . 0001-3765.
3. Web site: Chida . Mori . Fall 2022 . A new species of dercetid and the assessment of the phylogeny of the Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes) . 2023-12-28 . ERA . 10.7939/r3-nqmz-nf15 . en.
4. Forey . Peter L. . Yi . Lu . Patterson . Colin . Davies . Cliff E. . 2003 . Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . en . 1 . 4 . 227–330 . 10.1017/S147720190300107X . 2003JSPal...1..227F . 1477-2019.