Thyrsocles

Thyrsocles; Temporal range: Upper Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	†Euzaphlegidae
Genus:	†Thyrsocles; Jordan & Gilbert, 1920
Synonyms
	†Deprandus Jordan & Gilbert, 1921;

Thyrsocles is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.^[1]

The genus Deprandus from California, which was previously thought to be an extinct eel and the only member of the family Deprandidae, is now thought to be an incorrectly identified specimen of T. velox.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
^ Danilʹchenko, P. G. 1967 Bony fishes of the Maikop deposits of the Caucasus
^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
^ Stewart, J.D.; Hunter, Stephen B. (1997-09-04). "DEPRANDUS LESTES JORDAN IS A SYNONYM OF THYRSOCLES VELOX (JORDAN) (TELEOSTEI: PERCIFORMES) AND IS NOT AN EEL". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (sup003): 79A. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10011028. ISSN 0272-4634.

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[sepkoskidb-1] Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.

[2] Danilʹchenko, P. G. 1967 Bony fishes of the Maikop deposits of the Caucasus

[3] "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-09.

[4] Stewart, J.D.; Hunter, Stephen B. (1997-09-04). "DEPRANDUS LESTES JORDAN IS A SYNONYM OF THYRSOCLES VELOX (JORDAN) (TELEOSTEI: PERCIFORMES) AND IS NOT AN EEL". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (sup003): 79A. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10011028. ISSN 0272-4634.

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