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Extinct genus of fishes

Elpistoichthys
Temporal range: Early Carnian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Ichthyokentemidae
Genus: Elpistoichthys
Griffith, 1977
Species
  • E. pectinatus Griffith, 1977
  • E. striolatus Griffith, 1977

Elpistoichthys (meaning "hopeful fish") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish, likely a teleosteomorph, that lived in Europe during the early Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch. It is known from the Reingrabener Schiefer formation of Austria.

The following two species are known, both from the Carnian of Austria:

  • E. pectinatus Griffith, 1977
  • E. striolatus Griffith, 1977

It has been tentatively assigned to the family Ichthyokentemidae, but it has not been revised since this initial classification and its taxonomic identity remains uncertain.

See also

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
  3. Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
  4. Arratia, Gloria (2013-11-01). "Morphology, Taxonomy, and Phylogeny of Triassic Pholidophorid Fishes (Actinopterygii, Teleostei)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (S1). doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.835642. ISSN 0272-4634.
Teleostei sensu de Pinna, 1996 (= Teleosteomorpha)
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
    • see below↓
Teleostei
Teleostei
Pachycormidae
Hypsocorminae
Asthenocorminae
Aspidorhynchidae
Pholidophoridae
sensu stricto
Archaeomaenidae
Siyuichthyidae
Pleuropholidae
Ankylophoridae
Catervariolidae
Cycloid clade
Leptolepididae
Ascalaboidae
Crossognathiformes
Ichthyodectiformes
Crown-Teleostei
    • see below↓
Leedsichthys problematicus

Aspidorhynchus acutirostris Ichthyokentema purbeckensis

Tharsis dubius
Crown-Teleostei
Elopomorpha
Orthogonikleithridae
Osteoglossomorpha
Tselfatiiformes
Protobramidae
Plethodidae
Clupeocephala
Pentanogmius evolutus
Taxon identifiers
Elpistoichthys
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