Dercetidae

Dercetidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian–Danian Possible Early Eocene record
Specimen of Dercetis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Suborder: †Enchodontoidei
Family: †Dercetidae
Woodward, 1901
Type genus
†Dercetis
Agassiz, 1834
Genera

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The Dercetidae are an extinct family of aulopiform ray-finned fish that are known from the Late Cretaceous to the early Paleocene (and possibly to the Eocene if Stratodus is a member).[1][2][3] They are among the many members of the diverse, extinct suborder Enchodontoidei, which were dominant during the Cretaceous.[4][5]

They can be distinguished by their slender appearance with an elongated snout and a prominent row of dermal scutes. Many genera evolved a very slender body plan with elongated jaws, closely converging on modern needlefish.[2][6][7]

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