Eurypholis
Sign in to saveEurypholis (meaning "broad scale") is a genus of prehistoric marine aulopiform fish known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian). It contains three species, known from Europe, the Middle East, and east Asia.
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Vinony files it under Campanian genus extinctions, Cenomanian genus first appearances and Cretaceous fish of Europe.
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Eurypholis (meaning "broad scale") is a genus of prehistoric marine aulopiform fish known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian). It contains three species, known from Europe, the Middle East, and east Asia.
The following species are known: †E. boissieri Pictet, 1850 (type species) - Cenomanian of Lebanon (Sannine Formation) (=E. sulcidens Pictet, 1850) †E. japonicus Uyeno & Minakawa, 1983 - Campanian of Shikoku, Japan (Izumi Group) †E. pulchellus (Woodward, 1901) - Cenomanian of England (English Chalk) (=Enchodus pulchellus Woodward, 1901)
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