Biology:Joffrichthys

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Joffrichthys
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Osteoglossidae
Genus: Joffrichthys
Li and Wilson, 1996

Joffrichthys is a genus of prehistoric bony fish. This North American genus includes three species, J. symmetropterus, J. tanyourus and J. triangulpterus. The last species is known from the Paleocene of the Sentinel Butte Formation of North Dakota.[1]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6214644 entry