Biology:Luisichthys

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Short description: Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes

Luisichthys
Temporal range: Oxfordian–Early Tithonian[1]
Luisichthys NT.jpg
Life restoration of two individuals
Scientific classification edit
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Crossognathiformes/?
Family: Varasichthyidae
Genus: Luisichthys
White, 1942
Species:
L. vinalesensis
Binomial name
Luisichthys vinalesensis
White, 1942

Luisichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived in what is now Cuba from the Oxfordian to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. It contains one species, Luisichthys vinalesensis.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20090220223520/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 
  2. Iturralde-Vinent, M.; Ceballos Izquierdo, Y. (2015). "Catalogue of Late Jurassic Vertebrate (pisces, reptilian) Specimens from Western Cuba". Paleontología Mexicana 3 (65): 24–39. http://www.redciencia.cu/geobiblio/paper/2015_Iturralde_Ceballos.pdf. 

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