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Plethodus
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Tselfatiiformes
Family: Plethodidae
Genus: Plethodus
Dixon, 1850
Species
  • P. expansus Dixon, 1850
  • P. oblongus Dixon, 1850
  • P. pentagon Woodward, 1899

Plethodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.[1][2] It is the type genus of the family Plethodidae.[3]

Fossils are mostly known from Europe,[4] but specimens have recently been identified from Texas.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Plethodus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  3. ^ a b Shimada, Kenshu (2020). "An Enigmatic Snouted Bony Fish, Plethodus sp. (Actinopterygii: Tselfatiiformes), from the Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Group of Texas, U.S.A." Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 123 (3–4): 429–434. doi:10.1660/062.123.0312. ISSN 0022-8443.
  4. ^ "Plethodids". oceansofkansas.com. Retrieved 2024-01-04.