Parechelus

Extinct genus of fishes

Parechelus
Temporal range: Ypresian[1]
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Parechelidae

Casier, 1967
Genus:
Parechelus

Casier, 1967[2]
Type species
Parechelus prangei
Casier, 1967

Parechelus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Ypresian (lower Eocene).[1] The genus was circumscribed by Edgard Casier in 1967 for his description of P. parechelus.[2]

When Casier circumscribed this genus, he simultaneously defined the family Parechelidae, with Parechelus as its sole genus; and placed it in the order Anguilliformes.[2] The family Parechelidae was considered to be intermediate between Ophichthidae and Muraenidae.[3] Jack Sepkoski, citing Colin Patterson, also classified the genus in Anguilliformes.[1]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c Sepkoski, Jr., J. John (2002). "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 310.
  2. ^ a b c Casier, Edgard (1967). "Poissons de l'Éocène inférieur de Katharinenhof-Fehmarn (Schleswig-Holstein)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 43 (25): 8–1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2017; Pl. 1, fig. 1.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. ^ Young, Sally V. T.; Williams, R. J. (2008). "New information on the cranial anatomy of the eel genus Echelus Rafinesque, 1810 (Ophichthidae: Anguilliformes) from the Early Eocene". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 295 (1): 317. Bibcode:2008GSLSP.295..311Y. doi:10.1144/SP295.15. S2CID 128415714.

External links

  • Rees, Tony (2011). "Parechelidae †". Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  • Rees, Tony (2011). "Parechelus Casier, 1967 †". Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Parechelus


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