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Telepholis

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Telepholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Cenomanian to Campanian.[1]

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Species

Species in the genus Telepholis as reported in Dietze (2009):[2]

  • Telepholis acrocephalus, von der Marck and Schlüter, 1868 (Type species)
  • Telepholis tenuis, Davis 1887

Location/Distribution

Type Locality:[2] Sendenhorst (Westphalia, Germany)

Holotype and known collections specimens

The Holotype is specimen "GIM-8434". As reported in Dietze's study : "Complete specimen with poorly preserved head, standard length ca. 112 mm"[2]

Standard length of 3 specimens (GIM-8425, GIM-8434 and IPB-1631) : 112-160 mm (11.2 - 11.6 cm).

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