Shuleichthys

Extinct species of fish

Shuleichthys brachypteryx
Temporal range: Aptian
~125–113 Ma
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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

  1. ^ 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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Shuleichthys brachypteryx


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