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Pholidophoridae

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Pholidophoridae Temporal range: Anisian–Norian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Fossil of Pholidorhynchodon malzanni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Pholidophoriformes
Family:	†Pholidophoridae Woodward, 1890
Genera^[3]
†Annaichthys Arratia, 2013 †Ceneichthys Taverne & Capasso, 2015^[1] †Eopholidophorus Zambelli, 1989 †Knerichthys Arratia, 2013 †Lombardichthys Arratia, 2017 †Malingichthys Tintori et al., 2015 †Parapholidophorus Zambelli, 1975 †Pholidoctenus Zambelli, 1977 †Pholidophoretes Griffith, 1977 †Pholidophorus Agassiz, 1832 (Type) †Pholidorhynchodon Zambelli, 1980 †Pseudopholidoctenus Arratia & Schultze, 2024^[2] †Zambellichthys Arratia, 2013

Pholidophoridae is an extinct family of primitive stem-teleost fish that lived during the Triassic period, from the Anisian age of the Middle Triassic to the Norian age of the Late Triassic. Most of the genera are from Europe, but one (Malingichthys) is known from China.^[3] The pholidophorids were historically united with several other stem-teleost lineages into the order Pholidophoriformes, but Pholidophoriformes in its traditional sense is now considered paraphyletic with respect to crown group teleosts.^[4]

Phylogeny[edit]

Below is a cladogram simplified after Bean (2021):^[5]

Pholidophoridae

	Malingichthys

	Pholidoctenus

Parapholidophorus

Pholidophorus

	Lombardichthys

	Pholidorhynchodon

	Varasichthyidae

	Crown group Teleostei

References[edit]

^ Taverne, L. (2018). "The Mesozoic fish genus Pholidophorus (Teleostei, Pholidophoriformes), with an osteological study of the type-species Pholidophorus latiusculus. Comments on some problems concerning the "pholidophoriform" fishes" (PDF). Geo-Eco-Trop. 42 (1): 89–116.

^ Arratia, G.; Schultze, H.-P. (2024). "The oldest teleosts (Teleosteomorpha): their early taxonomic, phenotypic, and ecological diversification during the Triassic". Fossil Record. 27 (1): 29–53. doi:10.3897/fr.27.115970.

^ ^a ^b Arratia, G. (2017). "New Triassic teleosts (Actinopterygii, Teleosteomorpha) from northern Italy and their phylogenetic relationships among the most basal teleosts". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (2): e1312690. Bibcode:2017JVPal..37E2690A. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1312690. S2CID 89773927.

^ Arratia, G. (2013). "Morphology, taxonomy, and phylogeny of Triassic pholidophorid fishes (Actinopterygii, Teleostei)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (sup1): 1–138. Bibcode:2013JVPal..33S...1A. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.835642. S2CID 86605978.