Cheirothrix

Cheirothrix; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	†Cheirothricidae
Genus:	†Cheirothrix; Pictet & Humbert, 1866
Species
	†C. guestphalicus; von der March & Schlüter, 1868; †C. lewisii; Davis, 1887; †C. libanicus; Pictet & Humbert, 1866;

Cheirothrix (meaning "hand hair") is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish.

One of the species in this genus is Cheirothrix lewisii, known from the Late Cretaceous of Lebanon.^[2]

References[]

^ Dietze, K. (2009). "Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of certain neoteleostean fishes from the Upper Cretaceous of Sendenhorst, Germany". Cretaceous Research. 30 (3): 559–574. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2008.11.001.
^ Martha Richter (2010). "Cheirothrix lewisii". National History Museum. Retrieved 2013-01-13.

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