Pantodontidae

Pantodontidae Temporal range: Late Cenomanian to recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Freshwater butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Pantodontidae Peters, 1876
Genera
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Pantodontidae is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Osteoglossiformes. It contains the living freshwater butterflyfish (Pantodon buchholzi) of Africa, as well as several extinct marine species from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of the Sannine Formation in Lebanon.

Taxonomy

The Cretaceous marine pantodontids are among the earliest known marine osteoglossomorph genera.^[1] They physically differ greatly from Pantodon, to the extent that some of them were previously considered either ancestral codlets or crestfish^[2], but they all share specific cranial elements with the extant Pantodon, supporting their relationship to it. They seem to form a grade leading to the extant Pantodon, where Capassopiscis appears to be the most basal genus, while Palaeopantodon appears to be the sister genus to Pantodon, with the rest occupying successive positions between these two genera.^[2][3] The marine nature of ancestral pantodontids suggests that Pantodon colonized freshwater habitats independent of other osteoglossiform fish.

Genera

• Pantodon Peters, 1877
  • Pantodon buchholzi Peters, 1877 (freshwater butterflyfish)

• †Capassopiscis Taverne, 2022^[2]
  • †Capassopiscis pankowskii Taverne, 2022
• †Cretapantodon Taverne, 2024^[4]
  • †Cretapantodon polli Taverne, 2024
• †Palaeopantodon Taverne, 2021^[3]
  • †Palaeopantodon vandersypeni Taverne, 2021
• †Pankowskipiscis Taverne, 2021^[5]
  • †Pankowskipiscis haqelensis Taverne, 2021
• †Petersichthys Taverne, 2021^[6]
  • †Petersichthys libanicus Taverne, 2021
• †Prognathoglossum Taverne & Capasso, 2012^[1]
  • †Prognathoglossum kalassyi Taverne & Capasso, 2012

References

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Osteoglossomorpha

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei
Actinopterygii see Actinopterygii Neopterygii see Neopterygii Teleostei see Teleostei Osteoglossomorpha see below↓ Osteoglossomorpha

Osteoglossomorpha	†Chandlerichthys †Coriops †Harenaichthys †Jinanichthys †Paralycoptera? †Tanolepis? †Tongxinichthys †Xixiaichthys †Huashiidae Huashia Kuntulunia †Lycopteridae Jiuquanichthys Kokuraichthys? Kuyangichthys Lycoptera Hiodontiformes Hiodon †Jiaohichthys †Kokuraichthys? †Plesiolycoptera †Yanbiania Osteoglossiformes †Archaeglossus †Furichthys †Joffrichthys †Kokenichthys †Shuleichthys †Tetoriichthys †Thaumaturus †Wakinoichthys †Wilsonichthys †Xixiaichthys? Pantodontidae †Capassopiscis †Cretapantodon †Palaeopantodon †Pankowskipiscis Pantodon †Petersichthys †Prognathoglossum Osteoglossidae sensu lato †Chanopsis †Chauliopareion †Singida †Phareodontinae Brychaetoides Brychaetus Cretophareodus Magnigena Monopteros Musperia Phareodus Phareodusichthys Phareoides Ridewoodichthys Taverneichthys Xosteoglossid Arapaiminae Arapaima Heterotis †Joffrichthys? †Sinoglossus? †Thrissopterus Osteoglossinae †Foreyichthys †Heterosteoglossum †Opsithrissops Osteoglossum Scleropages Notopteroidei Gymnarchus †Laeliichthys †Lopadichthys? †Ostariostoma? †Palaeonotopterus †Sinoglossus? Notopteridae Chitala Notopterus Papyrocranus Xenomystus Mormyridae Petrocephalus Mormyrinae Boulengeromyrus Brevimyrus Brienomyrus Campylomormyrus Cryptomyrus Cyphomyrus Genyomyrus Gnathonemus Heteromormyrus Hippopotamyrus Hyperopisus Isichthys Ivindomyrus Marcusenius Mormyrops Mormyrus Myomyrus Paramormyrops Pollimyrus Stomatorhinus

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