Telepholis Explained

Telepholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Cenomanian to Campanian.^[1]

Species

Species in the genus Telepholis as reported in Dietze (2009):^[2]

• Telepholis acrocephalus, von der Marck and Schlüter, 1868 (Type species)
• Telepholis tenuis, Davis 1887

Location/Distribution

Type Locality: Sendenhorst (Westphalia, Germany)

Holotype and known collections specimens

The Holotype is specimen "GIM-8434". As reported in Dietze's study : "Complete specimen with poorly preserved head, standard length ca. 112 mm"^[2]

Standard length of 3 specimens (GIM-8425, GIM-8434 and IPB-1631) : 112-160 mm (11.2 - 11.6 cm).

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

Notes and References

1. Sepkoski . Jack . A compendium of fossil marine animal genera . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 364 . 560 . 2002 . 2009-02-27 .
2. Dietze . Kathrin . Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of certain neoteleostean fishes from the Upper Cretaceous of Sendenhorst, Germany . Cretaceous Research . 2009 . 30 . 3 . 559–574 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.11.001 . 2009CrRes..30..559D . 2022-03-22 . 0195-6671.