Telepholis von der Marck 1868 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Stomiatiformes

Full reference: W. von der Marck. 1868. Taxonomic names, in Neue Fische und Krebse aus der Kreide von Westfalen. Palaeontographica 15:269-305

Parent taxon: Stomiiformes according to K. Dietze 2009

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Diplophidae, Gonostomata, Gonostomatidae, Gonostomatoidei, Ichthyococcus, Idrissia, Ohuus, Paravinciguerria, Phosichthyidae, Phosichthyoidei, Praewoodsia, Stomiidae

Subtaxa: Telepholis acrocephalus

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Type: Telepholis acrocephalus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bauerschaft Bracht, near Sendenhorst (Cretaceous of Germany)

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