Parechelus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Ypresian (lower Eocene).[1] The genus was circumscribed by Edgard Casier in 1967 for his description of P. parechelus.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | †Parechelidae Casier, 1967 |
| Genus: | †Parechelus Casier, 1967[2] |
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| †Parechelus prangei Casier, 1967
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When Casier circumscribed this genus, he simultaneously defined the family Parechelidae, with Parechelus as its sole genus; and placed it in the order Anguilliformes.[2] The family Parechelidae was considered to be intermediate between Ophichthidae and Muraenidae.[3] Jack Sepkoski, citing Colin Patterson, also classified the genus in Anguilliformes.[1]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c Sepkoski, Jr., J. John (2002). "A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 310.
- ^ a b c Casier, Edgard (1967). "Poissons de l'Éocène inférieur de Katharinenhof-Fehmarn (Schleswig-Holstein)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. 43 (25): 8–1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2017; Pl. 1, fig. 1.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ Young, Sally V. T.; Williams, R. J. (2008). "New information on the cranial anatomy of the eel genus Echelus Rafinesque, 1810 (Ophichthidae: Anguilliformes) from the Early Eocene". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 295 (1): 317. Bibcode:2008GSLSP.295..311Y. doi:10.1144/SP295.15. S2CID 128415714.
External links
edit- Rees, Tony (2011). "Parechelidae †". Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- Rees, Tony (2011). "Parechelus Casier, 1967 †". Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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