Rhinconichthys

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Rhinconichthys
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
†Pachycormiformes
Family:
†Pachycormidae
Genus:
†Rhinconichthys

Friedman et al., 2010
Species

†R. taylori Friedman et al., 2010
†R. purgatoirensis Schumacher et al., 2016[1]
†R. uyenoi Schumacher et al., 2016[1]

Rhinconichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish which existed during the upper Cretaceous period.[2]

Along with its close cousins the great-white-shark-sized or larger Bonnerichthys and the immense Leedsichthys, Rhinconichthys forms a line of giant filter-feeding bony pachycormid fish that swam the Jurassic and Cretaceous seas for over 100 million years.

Description[]

Rhinconichthys was a medium-sized fish. R.uyenoi grew to around 3.4–4.5 meters, while R.purgatoriensis was much smaller, around 2–2.7 meters.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bruce Schumacher; Kenshu Shimada; Jeff Liston; Anthony Maltese (2016). "Highly specialized suspension-feeding bony fish Rhinconichthys (Actinopterygii: Pachycormiformes) from the mid-Cretaceous of the United States, England, and Japan". Cretaceous Research. 61: 71–85. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.017.
  2. ^ Matt Friedman; Kenshu Shimada; Larry D. Martin; Michael J. Everhart; Jeff Liston; Anthony Maltese & Michael Triebold (2010). "100-million-year dynasty of giant planktivorous bony fishes in the Mesozoic seas" (PDF). Science. 327 (5968): 990–993. Bibcode:2010Sci...327..990F. doi:10.1126/science.1184743. PMID 20167784. S2CID 206524637.
  3. ^ "Ancient Fish Rhinconichthys Used Big Mouth to Swallow Planktons in Cretaceous Period Oceans". 9 February 2016.


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