Phareodus

Extinct genus of bony fishes

Phareodus Temporal range: Paleocene-Eocene ~65–46 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Phareodus testis fossil, at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Osteoglossidae
Subfamily:	†Phareodontinae
Genus:	†Phareodus Leidy, 1873
Type species
Phareodus encaustus Cope, 1871
Other species
P. muelleri P. queenslandicus P. testis (Leidy, 1873)
Synonyms
Dapedoglossus^[1]

Phareodus is a genus of freshwater fish from the Paleocene to the Eocene of Australia, Europe and North and South America.

This genus includes at least four species,^[2] P. testis (Leidy, 1873) and P. encaustus of North America, P. muelleri of Europe, and P. queenslandicus of Australia. Representatives have been found in the middle Eocene of Australia, Europe and North America, including the Green River Formation in Wyoming, United States.^[1] Fossils of the genus have also been found in the Paleocene (Tiupampan) Santa Lucía Formation of Bolivia.

P. testis was a freshwater fish with an oval outline, a small head, and a slightly pointed snout. Its dorsal and anal fins were situated posteriorly, with the anal fin being larger. Its caudal fin was slightly forked. It had small pelvic fins but long, narrow pectoral fins.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Frickhinger, Karl Albert (1995). Fossil Atlas: Fishes. Trans. Dr. R.P.S. Jefferies. Blacksburg, Virginia: Tetra Press.
^ Li et al.1997 "The species of †Phareodus (Teleostei: Osteoglossidae) from the Eocene of North America and their phylogenetic relationships." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):487-505

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

Mormyridae

Petrocephalus
Mormyrinae	Boulengeromyrus Brevimyrus Brienomyrus Campylomormyrus Cryptomyrus Cyphomyrus Genyomyrus Gnathonemus Heteromormyrus Hippopotamyrus Hyperopisus Isichthys Ivindomyrus Marcusenius Mormyrops Mormyrus Myomyrus Paramormyrops Pollimyrus Stomatorhinus