Macrosemiiformes is an extinct order of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...
with one family, Macrosemiidae.
The group evolved during the
Late Triassic
The Late Triassic is the third and final epoch (geology), epoch of the Triassic geologic time scale, Period in the geologic time scale, spanning the time between annum, Ma and Ma (million years ago). It is preceded by the Middle Triassic Epoch ...
and disappeared during the
Late Cretaceous
The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', ...
. The group has been found in rock formations in Africa, Australia, Eurasia and North America.
Taxonomy
*†Order Macrosemiiformes
**†Family Macrosemiidae,
Thiollière, 1858
*** Genus †''
Aphanepygus''
*** Genus †''
Disticholepis''
*** Genus †''
Enchelyolepis
''Enchelyolepis'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.
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* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
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*** Genus †''
Orthurus''
*** Genus †''
Petalopteryx''
*** Genus †''
Neonotagogus''
*** Genus †''
Histionotus
''Histionotus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.
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* Prehistoric fish
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*** Genus †''
Legnonotus''
*** Genus †''
Macrosemius
''Macrosemius'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.
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* Prehistoric fish
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*** Genus †''
Propterus
''Propterus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish of the Solnhofen Plattenkalk.
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* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
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*** Genus †''
Ophiopsis
''Ophiopsis'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ophiopsidae. Specimens are known from the Tithonian-age Solnhofen Formation of Bavaria, Germany.
Taxonomy
The type species, ''Ophiopsis muensteri'', was ...
''
**†Family Uarbryichthyidae
*** Genus †''
Uarbryichthys''
Timeline of genera
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''Ophiopsis'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ophiopsidae. Specimens are known from the Tithonian-age Solnhofen Formation of Bavaria, Germany.
Taxonomy
The type species, ''Ophiopsis muensteri'', was ...
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''Macrosemius'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.
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* Prehistoric fish
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''Histionotus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.
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* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
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color:latejurassic bar:NAM5 from: -150.8 till: -65.5 text: Propterus
''Propterus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish of the Solnhofen Plattenkalk.
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* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
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''Notagogus'' (from el, νῶτος , 'back' and el, ᾰ̓γωγός , 'leader') is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish. They can be found in the Solnhofen Plattenkalk.
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* Prehistoric fish
* List of prehistoric bony fish
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* List of prehistoric bony fish
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* Middle Creek (d ...
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** Local-authority trading enterprise, a New Zealand business law
** Local average treatment effect, ...
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* The beginning or oldest part of a defined historical period, as opposed to middle or late periods, e.g.:
** Early Christianity
** Early modern Europe
Places in the United States
* Early, Iowa
* Early, Texas
* Ea ...
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* Centre (geometry), the point equally distant from the outer limits.
Places
* Middle (sheading), a subdivision of the Isle of Man
* Middle Bay (disambiguation)
* Middle Brook (disambiguation)
* Middle Creek (d ...
from: -161.2 till: -145.5 color:latejurassic text:Late
Late may refer to:
* LATE, an acronym which could stand for:
** Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, a proposed form of dementia
** Local-authority trading enterprise, a New Zealand business law
** Local average treatment effect, ...
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** Early Christianity
** Early modern Europe
Places in the United States
* Early, Iowa
* Early, Texas
* Ea ...
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* LATE, an acronym which could stand for:
** Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy, a proposed form of dementia
** Local-authority trading enterprise, a New Zealand business law
** Local average treatment effect, ...
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References
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Prehistoric ray-finned fish orders