Colobodontidae

Colobodontidae is an extinct family of marine stem-neopterygian fish known from the Middle to Late Triassic of Asia and Europe. As currently defined, it contains three genera: Colobodus, Crenilepis and Feroxichthys.^[1] The colobodontids were medium-sized, somewhat deep-bodied fishes with a durophagous diet.^[2] Like many other stem-neopterygians, they have traditionally been placed in the order Perleidiformes, which is now thought to be paraphyletic.^[1]

Colobodontidae Temporal range: Middle Triassic–Late Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil specimen of Colobodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Neopterygii
Family:	†Colobodontidae Andersson, 1916
Genera
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Classification

The cladogram below follows Ma et al. (2021) and shows the relationships between Colobodontidae and other neopterygian clades:^[1]

Neopterygii

Pholidopleuriformes Redfieldiiformes Platysiagiformes Polzbergiiformes Colobodontidae Feroxichthys panzhouensis Feroxichthys yunnanensis Crenilepis sandbergeri Colobodus baii Colobodus bassanii Colobodus giganteus Perleidus altolepis Teffichthys madagascariensis Meidiichthys browni Plesiofuro mingshuica Louwoichthyiformes Luganoiiformes Peltopleuriformes Venusichthys comptus Habroichthys minimus Crown-Neopterygii Holostei Teleostei

(Total group)