Extinct family of fishes
Pattersonellidae is an extinct family of primitive ray-finned fish. It is tentatively classified under the suborder Argentinoidei of the order Argentiniformes (marine smelts and allies).[1][2][3]
The family was established by Louis Taverne in 1982 when he reclassified Leptolepis formosus (originally described by Ramsay Heatley Traquair) to Pattersonella formosa.[4]
Taxonomy
- Genus Parawenzichthys de Figueiredo, Gallo & Delarmelina 2012[3][5][6]
- Genus Pattersonella Taverne 1982
- Genus Wenzichthys Taverne 1976 [Wenzia Taverne 1976 non Pfeffer 1929 non Clement 2005]
- Species Wenzichthys congolensis (Arambourg & Schneegans 1935) Taverne 1976 [Leptolepis congolensis Arambourg & Schneegans 1935; Wenzia congolensis (Arambourg & Schneegans 1935)]
References
- ^ Francisco J. de Figueiredo (2005). "Reassessment of the morphology of Scombroclupeoides scutata Woodward, 1908, a teleostean fish from the Early Cretaceous of Bahia, with comments on its relationships" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 63 (3): 507–522. ISSN 0365-4508.
- ^ Joseph S. Nelson (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley and Sons. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
- ^ a b Mikko Haaramo (November 28, 2009). "Euteleostei - advanced teleosteans: after Johnson & Patterson, 1996". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ Tracy Lee Ford. "1982 articles". Dino Hunter. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
- ^ Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.
- ^ van der Laan, Richard (2016). "Family-group names of fossil fishes".
