Shuleichthys
Shuleichthys brachypteryx Temporal range: Aptian
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Genus: | † Shuleichthys Murray et al. 2010
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Species: | S. brachypteryx
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Shuleichthys brachypteryx Murray et al. 2010
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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 .[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[]
- ^ 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. doi:10.1080/02724631003621961. S2CID 84159091.
Categories:
- Teleostei
- Ray-finned fish enigmatic taxa
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
- Cretaceous bony fish
- Aptian life
- Early Cretaceous vertebrates of Asia
- Fossils of China
- Fossil taxa described in 2010
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs