Biology:Atacamichthys
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Short description: Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Teleostei/? |
| Family: | †Atacamichthyidae Arratia et al., 2021 |
| Genus: | †Atacamichthys Arratia & Schultze, 1987 |
| Species: | †A. greeni
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| †Atacamichthys greeni Arratia & Schultze, 1987
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Atacamichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish. It contains one species, Atacamichthys greeni, which lived in what is now Chile during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. Atacamichthys is the only member of the family Atacamichthyidae.[2]
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ Arratia, G.; Schultze, H.-P.; Gouiric-Cavalli, S.; Quezada-Romegialli, C. (2021). "The intriguing † Atacamichthys fish from the Middle Jurassic of Chile – an amiiform or a teleosteomorph?". in Pradel, A.; Denton, J. S. S.; Janvier, P.. Ancient Fishes and their Living Relatives: a Tribute to John G. Maisey. Munich, Germany: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 19–36. ISBN 978-3-89937-269-4. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355793048.
Wikidata ☰ Q4812627 entry
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