Megalopidae

Megalopidae is an ancient family of ray-finned fish, one of two living members of the order Elopiformes.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref> It contains a single living genus (Megalops, the tarpons) with two species, and several extinct genera dating back to the Early Cretaceous. They likely diverged from their closest relatives, the Elopidae, during the Late Jurassic.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref>

Taxonomy

The following genera belong to this family:<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">Template:Cite journal</ref>

• Genus Megalops Lacépède, 1803 (=†Starrias Jordan, 1925) - Late Cretaceous (Campanian)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> or Late Oligocene<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> to present

• Genus †Arratiaelops Taverne, 1999 - Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Belgium & England<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Genus †Brouweria de Beaufort, 1926 - Early Miocene of Sulawesi, Indonesia<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• Genus †Elopoides Wenz, 1965 - Early Cretaceous (Albian) of France
• Genus †Paratarpon Bardack, 1970 - Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada
• Genus †Promegalops Casier, 1966 - Early Eocene of England
• Genus †Protarpon Forey, 1973 - Late Paleocene to Early Eocene of Morocco & England<ref name=":2" />
• Genus †Sedenhorstia White & Moy-Thomas, 1941 - Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian) of Lebanon and Germany

References

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