Zanclites Temporal range: Santonian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Tselfatiiformes |
Family: | †Plethodidae |
Genus: | †Zanclites Jordan, 1924[1] |
Species | |
Zanclites xenerus Jordan, 1924 |
Zanclites is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.[2]
Zanclites is a member of the Tselfatiiformes, a group of fish typical of the Cretaceous period and usually endowed with large dorsal fins. In particular, Zanclites would appear to have been a member of the Plethodidae family. Zanclites xenurus was first described by Jordan in 1924, based on a well-preserved fossil from the Niobrara Formation in Kansas (United States). Other fish belonging to the same family found in the same formation are Niobrara and Pentanogmius.