Biology:Martinichthys
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Tselfatiiformes |
| Family: | †Plethodidae |
| Genus: | †Martinichthys McClung, 1926 |
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Martinichthys is an extinct genus of plethodid fish from the Cretaceous of North America.[1][2] It is known from the Niobrara Chalk, in which it is exceedingly rare.[3] It is named after one H. T. Martin, who collected the most complete specimen at the time of description.[2]
Two species are known, the short-snouted M. brevis and the long-snouted M. ziphioides; multiple other species previously described have been synonymized with M. ziphioides.[4] With its long rostrum, the genus shows notable morphological convergence with modern billfish and the co-occurring pachycormid fish Protosphyraena, although not to the extent of its close relative, Rhamphoichthys.[5]
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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 McClung, C. E. (1926). ""Martinichthys"-A New Genus of Cretaceous Fish from Kansas, with Descriptions of Six New Species". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 65 (5): 20–26. ISSN 0003-049X. https://www.jstor.org/stable/984285.
- ↑ "Martinichthys, mystery fish of the Smoky Hill Chalk". http://oceansofkansas.com/page6.html.
- ↑ Taverne, Louis (2000-01-01). "Révision du genre Martinichthys, poisson marin (Teleostei, Tselfatiiformes) du Crétacé supérieur du Kansas (États-Unis)". Géobios 33: 211–222. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(00)80018-2. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000Geobi..33..211T.
- ↑ El Hossny, Tamara; Cavin, Lionel; Kaplan, Ulrich; Schwermann, Achim H.; Samankassou, Elias; Friedman, Matt. "The first articulated skeletons of enigmatic Late Cretaceous billfish-like actinopterygians". Royal Society Open Science 10 (12): 231296. doi:10.1098/rsos.231296. ISSN 2054-5703. PMID 38077217. PMC 10698480. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10698480/.
Wikidata ☰ Q6777152 entry
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