Ctenothrissa

Ctenothrissa is a prehistoric genus of ray-finned fish in the supposed order "Ctenothrissiformes".

Ctenothrissa Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Fossil of Ctenothrissa vexillifer (Pictet, 1850) from Lebanon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Neopterygii
Infraclass:	Teleostei
Order:	Ctenothrissiformes (disputed)
Genus:	Ctenothrissa Woodward, 1899

Taxonomy

These Teleostei are only known from fossils. While they are sometimes included in the superorder Acanthopterygii or Protacanthopterygii, this is neither well-supported, nor is the monophyly of the "Ctenothrissiformes" robustly established. Indeed, it is quite likely that the supposed order is a paraphyletic assemblage of ancient moderately advanced Teleostei.[1]

Gallery

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  Ctenothrissa species
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  Ctenothrissa vexillifer (Pictet, 1850)
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  Ctenothrissa vexillifer, restored

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

Bibliography

• Taylor, Christopher (2009): Catalogue of Organisms – Living Larvae and Fossil Fish. Version of 2009-FEB-05. Retrieved 2009-SEP-28.
• Carroll, R. L. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. New York: W. H. Freeman & Co.
• M. Gayet, A. Belouze & P. Abi Saad, 2003. Liban Mémoire du Temps. Les Poissons fossiles. Éditions Desiris.
• Patterson, C. 1964. "A review of Mesozoic acanthpterygian fishes, with special reference to those of the English chalk." Phil. Trans. Roy Soc. London 247(B):213-482.
• Woodward, A. S., 1899: Additional notes on some Type specimens of Cretaceous Fishes from Mount Lebanon in the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art. Annals of Natural History, IV 317-321
• Woodward, A. S., 1899: Note on some Cretaceous clupeoid fishes with pectinated scales (Ctenothrissa and Pseudoberyx). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7 3:489-492 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
• Woodward, A.S., 1891–1901. Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum, Parts 1–4. London: British Museum.

References

1. Taylor (2009)