Pattersonellidae is an extinct family of primitive ray-finned fish. It is tentatively classified under the suborder Argentinoidei of the order Argentiniformes (marine smelts and allies).[1][2][3]

Pattersonellidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Argentiniformes
Suborder: Argentinoidei
Family: Pattersonellidae
Taverne 1974 ex Taverne, 1982
Type genus
Pattersonella
(Traquair, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Pattersonelloidea Taverne 1982

The family was established by Louis Taverne in 1982 when he reclassified Leptolepis formosus (originally described by Ramsay Heatley Traquair) to Pattersonella formosa.[4]

Taxonomy

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References

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  1. ^ Francisco J. de Figueiredo (2005). "Reassessment of the morphology of Scombroclupeoides scutata Woodward, 1908, a teleostean fish from the Early Cretaceous of Bahia, with comments on its relationships" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. 63 (3): 507–522. ISSN 0365-4508.
  2. ^ Joseph S. Nelson (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley and Sons. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9.
  3. ^ a b Mikko Haaramo (November 28, 2009). "Euteleostei - advanced teleosteans: after Johnson & Patterson, 1996". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  4. ^ Tracy Lee Ford. "1982 articles". Dino Hunter. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  5. ^ Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.
  6. ^ van der Laan, Richard (2016). "Family-group names of fossil fishes". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)