Plethodus

Plethodus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.^[1][2] It is the type genus of the family Plethodidae.^[3]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Order:†Tselfatiiformes

Family:†Plethodidae

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Plethodus Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Tselfatiiformes
Family:	†Plethodidae
Genus:	†Plethodus Dixon, 1850
Species
P. expansus Dixon, 1850 P. libycus Weiler, 1935 P. oblongus Dixon, 1850 P. pentagon Woodward, 1899 P. tibniensis Schaal, 1984

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Fossils are known from Cenomanian aged deposits in Europe,^[4] Egypt,^[5][6] and Texas.^[3]