Chongichthys
| Chongichthys Temporal range: Oxfordian
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Family: | Chongichthyidae
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| Genus: | Chongichthys
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| Binomial name | |
| C. dentatus Arratia 1982
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Chongichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.[1] Fossils of the genus have been found in the Quebrada El Profeta of Chile.[2]
See also[]
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References[]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Chongichthys at Fossilworks.org
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- Elopiformes
- Late Jurassic fish
- Oxfordian life
- Prehistoric fish of South America
- Jurassic Chile
- Fossils of Chile
- Fossil taxa described in 1982
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