Argillichthys

Argillichthys
Temporal range: Ypresian, 54–50 Ma
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Synodontidae
Genus: †Argillichthys
Casier, 1966
Species:
†A. toombsi
Binomial name
†Argillichthys toombsi
Casier, 1966

Argillichthys is an extinct marine lizardfish known from the Lower Eocene. It contains a single species, A. toombsi, from the Ypresian-aged London Clay Formation in England. It is known from a skull. It is thought to be a stem-member of Synodontidae.[1][2][3]

See also

Other notable extinct Cenozoic aulopiforms include:

References

  1. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  2. ^ Beckett, Hermione; Giles, Sam; Friedman, Matt (2018-11-14). "Comparative anatomy of the gill skeleton of fossil Aulopiformes (Teleostei: Eurypterygii)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (14): 1221–1245. Bibcode:2018JSPal..16.1221B. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1387184. ISSN 1477-2019.
  3. ^ Friedman, Matt; Beckett, Hermione T.; Close, Roger A.; Johanson, Zerina (2016). "The English Chalk and London Clay: two remarkable British bony fish Lagerstätten". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 430 (1): 165–200. Bibcode:2016GSLSP.430..165F. doi:10.1144/SP430.18. ISSN 0305-8719.


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