Phyllodus

Extinct genus of fishes

Phyllodus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Albuliformes
Family: Phyllodontidae
Genus: Phyllodus

Phyllodus is an extinct genus of bony fish from the Maastrichtian to Middle Miocene. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Maastrichtian to Lancian Hell Creek Formation and the Eocene London Clay.

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Further reading

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 215)
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Elopomorph genera
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Actinopterygii
  • Subclass: Neopterygii
  • Infraclass: Teleostei
Actinopterygii
    • see Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
    • see Neopterygii
Teleostei
    • see Teleostei
Elopomorpha
    • see below↓
Elopiformes
Phyllodontidae
Elopidae
Megalopidae
Elops saurus

Pterothrissus gissu

Notacanthus chemnitzii
Albuliformes
  • Baugeichthys
  • Brannerion
  • Bullichthys
  • Euroka
  • Farinichthys
  • Holcolepis
  • Lebonichthys
  • Marathonichthys
  • Osmeroides
  • Palealbula
  • Paraelops
  • Protalbula
  • Stewartichthys
Albulidae
Notacanthiformes
Notacanthidae
Halosauridae
Anguilliformes
    • see Eels
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Taxon identifiers
Phyllodus


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