Dercetoides
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Dercetoides (meaning "resemblant of Dercetis") is a genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish from the Late Cretaceous period.[1][2] It contains a single species, D. venator, known from the early Cenomanian-aged Amminadav Formation of the West Bank, Palestine.[1] It was a member of the Dercetidae, a group of elongated aulopiforms that were related to modern lancetfish and lizardfish.[3]
| Dercetoides Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | †Dercetidae |
| Genus: | †Dercetoides Chalifa, 1989 |
| Species: | †D. venator |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dercetoides venator Chalifa, 1989 | |
