†Palelops Applegate 1970 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae
Full reference: S. P. Applegate. 1970. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama, part VIII, the fishes. Fieldiana: Geology Memoires 3(8):385-433
Parent taxon: Elopidae according to J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Anaethalion, Ctenodentelops, Ectasis, Elops, Elopsomolos, Esocelops, Hemielopopsis, Ichthyemidion, Lastroichthys, Notelops, Paraelops, Paratarpon, Parelops, Protelops, Rhacolepis, Thrissopteroides
Subtaxa: Palelops eutawensis
Type: Palelops eutawensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Alabama collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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