Antofagastaichthys

Antofagastaichthys; Temporal range: Oxfordian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Infraclass:	Teleostei
Genus:	†Antofagastaichthys; Arratia, 1986
Species:	†A. mandibularis
Binomial name
	†Antofagastaichthys mandibularis; Arratia, 1986

Antofagastaichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived in what is now Chile during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. It contains one species, A. mandibularis, which is known from several fragmentary specimens discovered in the of Antofagasta Province.^[2]^[3]

The relationships of Antofagastaichthys to other fishes is uncertain; it has been compared to both Pachyrhizodontoidei (an extinct group of basal teleosts mostly known from the Cretaceous) and the extant order Elopiformes (which includes the modern ladyfish and tarpons).^[2]

References[]

^ Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
^ ^a ^b Arratia, G. (1986). "New Jurassic fishes (Teleostei) of Cordillera de Domeyko, northern Chile". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 192 (1–3): 75–91.
^ Otero, R. A.; Alarcón-Muñoz, J.; Soto-Acuña, S.; Rojas, J.; Rojas, O.; Ortíz, H. (2020). "Cryptoclidid plesiosaurs (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Upper Jurassic of the Atacama Desert". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (1): e1764573. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1764573. S2CID 221751737.

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[Sepkoski2002-1] Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.

[Arratia1986-2] Arratia, G. (1986). "New Jurassic fishes (Teleostei) of Cordillera de Domeyko, northern Chile". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 192 (1–3): 75–91.

[Otero2020-3] Otero, R. A.; Alarcón-Muñoz, J.; Soto-Acuña, S.; Rojas, J.; Rojas, O.; Ortíz, H. (2020). "Cryptoclidid plesiosaurs (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Upper Jurassic of the Atacama Desert". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (1): e1764573. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1764573. S2CID 221751737.

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