Biology:Oniichthys
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Ginglymodi |
| Order: | Lepisosteiformes |
| Family: | Lepisosteidae |
| Tribe: | Lepisosteini |
| Genus: | †Oniichthys Cavin & Brito, 2001 |
| Species: | †O. falipoui
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| Binomial name | |
| †Oniichthys falipoui Cavin & Brito, 2001
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Oniichthys is an extinct genus of gar in the family Lepisosteidae. It contains a single species, O. falipoui, known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Morocco.[1]
It is known from a few very well-preserved, near-complete specimens from the Kem Kem Formation, where it coexisted with the famous Spinosaurus.[2] It closely resembles the modern genus Atractosteus, and is generally placed as its sister genus, a sister to Atractosteus and Lepisosteus, or even as a species within Atractosteus as per Grande (2010),[3] although this latter view has been disputed based on differences in skull morphology.[4][5]
The genus name references the Ooni, divine Yoruba kings, while the specific epithet honors Christian Falipou, who loaned one of the type specimens.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cavin, Lionel; Brito, Paulo M. (2001). "A new Lepisosteidae (Actinopterygii, Ginglymodi) from the Cretaceous of the Kem Kem Beds, southern Morocco". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 172 (5): 661–670. doi:10.2113/172.5.661. https://www.academia.edu/2197018/A_new_lepisosteidae_Actinopterygii_Ginglymodi_from_the_Cretaceous_of_the_Kem_Kem_beds_Southern_Morocco.
- ↑ Ibrahim, Nizar; Sereno, Paul C.; Varricchio, David J.; Martill, David M.; Dutheil, Didier B.; Unwin, David M.; Baidder, Lahssen; Larsson, Hans C. E. et al. (2020-04-21). "Geology and paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of eastern Morocco" (in en). ZooKeys (928): 1–216. doi:10.3897/zookeys.928.47517. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 32362741. PMC 7188693. Bibcode: 2020ZooK..928....1I. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/47517/.
- ↑ Grande, Lance (2010). "An Empirical Synthetic Pattern Study of Gars (Lepisosteiformes) and Closely Related Species, Based Mostly on Skeletal Anatomy. The Resurrection of Holostei". Copeia 2010 (2A): iii–871. https://www.gbv.de/dms/sub-hamburg/637721292.pdf.
- ↑ Cavin, Lionel; Boudad, Larbi; Tong, Haiyan; Läng, Emilie; Tabouelle, Jérôme; Vullo, Romain (2015-05-27). "Taxonomic Composition and Trophic Structure of the Continental Bony Fish Assemblage from the Early Late Cretaceous of Southeastern Morocco" (in en). PLOS ONE 10 (5): e0125786. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125786. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 26018561. Bibcode: 2015PLoSO..1025786C.
- ↑ Cooper, Samuel L. A.; Gunn, James; Brito, Paulo M.; Zouhri, Samir; Martill, David M. (2023-11-01). "A new fully marine, short-snouted lepisosteid gar from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) of North Africa". Cretaceous Research 151: 105650. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105650. ISSN 0195-6671. Bibcode: 2023CrRes.15105650C. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667123001787.
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