Tselfatia is an extinct genus of Cretaceous bony fish. Originally described from (and named after) Djebl Tselfat in Morocco, it has since been discovered at sites in several other countries (Texas/USA, Germany, Mexico, Italy and the former Yugoslavia). The type species, Tselfatia formosa, was named and described in 1943 by French paleontologist Camille Arambourg.[1][2] A second species, T. dalmatica, was named in 1980 from the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia.[3]
| Tselfatia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Tselfatiiformes |
| Family: | †Plethodidae |
| Genus: | †Tselfatia Arambourg, 1943 |
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| †Tselfatia formosa Arambourg, 1943
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The enormous dorsal fin as well as the large anal fin both feature one much enlarged ray, characteristic for the genus. These fish are never common and more work needs to be done on the known specimens.
References
edit- ^ "Tselfatia". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- ^ Arambourg, Camille (1943-01-01). "Note preliminaire sur quelques poissons fossiles nouveaux". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. S5-XIII (4–6): 281–288. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.s5-xiii.4-6.281. ISSN 1777-5817.
- ^ Bardack, David & Teller-Marshall, Susan (1980). Tselfatia, a Tethyan Cretaceous teleost; first records from North America and Yugoslavia. Journal of Paleontology. 54 (5): 1075–1083.
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