Halecidae Temporal range:
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Halec microlepsis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Aulopiformes |
Suborder: | †Enchodontoidei |
Family: | †Halecidae Agassiz, 1834 |
Genera | |
Halecidae is an extinct family of aulopiform fish known from the Cretaceous.[1] It is one of the Enchodontoidei, a diverse group of aulopiforms that were dominant marine fish during the Cretaceous.[2]
It contains the following genera:[2][3]
The genera Hemisaurida and Serrilepis are also sometimes included in the family, though more recent studies have placed them outside it.[2][4]