Halec

Halec
Temporal range: Cenomanian to Coniacian
Skulls of H. eurypterygius, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: †Halecidae
Genus: †Halec
Agassiz, 1834
Type species
†Halec sternbergi
Agassiz, 1834
Species
  • H. eupterygius (Dixon, 1850)
  • H. haueri (Bassani, 1879)
  • H. sternbergi Agassiz, 1834
Synonyms
  • †Pomognathus Dixon, 1850
  • †Archaeogadus von der Marck, 1868

Halec is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine aulopiform ray-finned fish from mid-late Cretaceous of Europe. It is the type genus of the enchodontoid family Halecidae.

The following species are placed in this genus:

Skull of 'Halec' laubei, National Museum (Prague)

The species 'H.' laubei Frič, 1878 from the Turonian of the Czech Republic is of uncertain validity. The species H. microlepis from Lebanon is now generally placed in its own genus, Phylactocephalus.

References

  1. ↑ Davis, Matthew P.; Fielitz, Christopher (2010-12-01). "Estimating divergence times of lizardfishes and their allies (Euteleostei: Aulopiformes) and the timing of deep-sea adaptations". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57 (3): 1194–1208. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.09.003. ISSN 1055-7903.
  2. 1 2 Silva, Hilda M. A.; Gallo, Valéria (2011). "Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83: 483–511. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652011000200010. ISSN 0001-3765.
  3. 1 2 Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Woodward, Arthur Smith (1901). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini. order of the Trustees.
  4. ↑ "†Halec Agassiz 1834 (ray-finned fish)". The Paleobiology Database.
  5. ↑ Friedman, Matt; Beckett, Hermione T.; Close, Roger A.; Johanson, Zerina (2016). "The English Chalk and London Clay: two remarkable British bony fish Lagerstätten". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 430 (1): 165–200. doi:10.1144/SP430.18. ISSN 0305-8719.
  6. ↑ Ekrt, Boris; Košt'ák, Martin; Mazuch, Martin; Voigt, Silke; Wiese, Frank (2008-08-01). "New records of teleosts from the Late Turonian (Late Cretaceous) of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin (Czech Republic)". Cretaceous Research. 29 (4): 659–673. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.01.013. ISSN 0195-6671.