Dinelops

Dinelops
Temporal range: Middle Cenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Elopiformes
Genus: †Dinelops
Woodward, 1907
Species:
†D. ornatus
Binomial name
†Dinelops ornatus
Woodward, 1907

Dinelops ("terrible Elops") is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish from the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single species, D. ornatus, from the Cenomanian of England (English Chalk). It was initially and often continues to be classified (alongside Osmeroides) in the Osmeroididae, a family of extinct elopomorph fish that are placed in either the Albuliformes or Elopiformes. However, other studies place Osmeroides in the Albuliformes and Dinelops in the Elopiformes.

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References

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