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'''''Pholidophoroides''''' |
'''''Pholidophoroides''''' is an extinct genus of prehistoric [[bony fish]].<ref name="sepkoskidb">{{cite journal | last = Sepkoski | first = Jack | title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera | journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology | volume = 364 | pages = p.560 | date = 2002 | url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class | accessdate = 2009-02-27 }}</ref> |
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==Distribution== |
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The fossil remains of ''Pholidophoroides'' have been found in the [[Hettangian]] of the [[Blue Lias Formation]],[[England]], on the [[Red Deer Member]] of [[Alberta]],and on the [[Watrous Formation]] of [[Saskatchewan]]. |
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==Feeding== |
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One of the most significant features of ''Pholidophoroides'' is the recognition that it was a [[filter feeder]], living on [[plankton]]. This recognition that many large-bodied fish from the [[Mesozoic]] in the [[Pachycormidae]] were filter feeders shows that this [[ecological niche|niche]] was filled for at least 209 million years before previously known. The modern niche is filled by several species of [[shark]]s and the [[baleen whale]]s. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Pholidophoroides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.[1]
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References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: p.560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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