Synodontinae
Synodontinae Temporal range: Ypresian to Holocene | |
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Synodus saurus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Aulopiformes |
Family: | Synodontidae |
Subfamily: | Synodontinae |
Genera | |
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Synodontinae is a subfamily of lizardfishes in the Synodontidae family.
It comprises two extant genera, and one extinct genus:
- Synodus, fossil material known from Miocene-aged strata
- Trachinocephalus
- Argillichthys, known only from a skull, from the Ypresian of England