Dercetoides

Dercetoides Temporal range: Early Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	†Dercetidae
Genus:	†Dercetoides Chalifa, 1989
Species:	†D. venator
Binomial name
†Dercetoides venator Chalifa, 1989

Dercetoides (meaning "resemblant of Dercetis") is a genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish from the Late Cretaceous period.^[1][2] It contains a single species, D. venator, known from the early Cenomanian-aged Amminadav Formation of the West Bank, Palestine.^[1] It was a member of the Dercetidae, a group of elongated aulopiforms that were related to modern lancetfish and lizardfish.^[3]

References

1. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
2. Chalifa, Yael (1989-09-28). "Two new species of longirostrine fishes from the Early Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Ein-Yabrud, Israel, with comments on the phylogeny of the Dercetidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 9 (3): 314–328. doi:10.1080/02724634.1989.10011765. ISSN 0272-4634.
3. 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.