Shuleichthys
Extinct species of fish
Shuleichthys brachypteryx Temporal range: Aptian ~125–113 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Superorder: | Osteoglossomorpha |
Order: | incertae sedis |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | † Shuleichthys Murray et al. 2010 |
Species: | S. brachypteryx |
Binomial name | |
Shuleichthys brachypteryx Murray et al. 2010 |
Shuleichthys brachypteryx is an extinct species of ray-finned fish which existed in China during the Cretaceous period. Fossils of the fish were found in the Aptian Xiagou Formation of the Changma Basin.[1] It is the only species in the genus Shuleichthys and cannot be placed in any order of the Osteoglossomorpha without making that order paraphyletic.[1]
References
- ^ a b Alison M. Murray, Hai-Lu You & Cuo Peng (2010). "A new Cretaceous osteoglossomorph fish from Gansu Province, China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 322–332. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..322M. doi:10.1080/02724631003621961. S2CID 84159091.
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