Prohalecites

Prohalecites
Temporal range: LadinianCarnian
Prohalecites sp. fossil
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Infraclass: Teleosteomorpha
Order: Prohaleciteiformes
Arratia, 2017
Family: Prohaleciteidae
Arratia, 2017
Genus: Prohalecites
Deecke, 1889
Species:
P. porroi
Binomial name
Prohalecites porroi
(Bellotti, 1857)

Prohalecites is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Ladinian and possibly Carnian (Triassic) of Italy. It is the oldest known teleosteomorph, a group that includes extant teleosts and their close fossil relatives.

The type and only known species, Prohalecites porroi, was first described as "Pholidophorus porroi" by Cristoforo Bellotti, but it was later accommodated in its own genus by Wilhelm Deecke. The species "Pholidophorus" microlepidotus has occasionally been included in this genus as well, but it differed greatly from P. porroi in several respects, indicating that it was not closely related.

Species of Prohalecites are small, often measuring not more than 4 centimetres (1.6 in) in body length.

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