Varasichthys
Varasichthys Temporal range:
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Fossil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Crossognathiformes (?) |
Family: | †Varasichthyidae |
Genus: | †Varasichthys Arratia, 1981 |
Species: | †V. ariasi
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Binomial name | |
†Varasichthys ariasi Arratia, 1981
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Varasichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. It contains one species, Varasichthys ariasi, fossils of which have been found in the Domeyko Range of Antofagasta Region, northern Chile.[2] It has been placed in the family Varasichthyidae together with the genera Bobbichthys, Domeykos, Luisichthys and Protoclupea.[3]
References[]
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Arratia, Gloria (1981). "Varasichthys ariasi n. gen. et sp. from the Upper Jurassic of Chile (Pisces, Teleostei, Varasichthyidae n. fam.)". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. Band A175: 107–139. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ Arratia, G. (2008). "The varasichthyid and other crossognathiform fishes, and the Break-up of Pangaea". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 295 (1): 71–92. doi:10.1144/SP295.6.
Categories:
- Crossognathiformes
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
- Oxfordian genera
- Late Jurassic fish
- Jurassic fish of South America
- Jurassic Chile
- Fossils of Chile
- Fossil taxa described in 1981
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs
- Jurassic fish stubs