Biology:Rhinconichthys
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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Rhinconichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish which existed during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.[2]
Along with its close cousins the great-white-shark-sized or larger Bonnerichthys and the immense Leedsichthys, Rhinconichthys forms a line of giant filter-feeding bony pachycormid fish that swam the Jurassic and Cretaceous seas for over 100 million years.
Description
Rhinconichthys was a medium-sized fish. R.uyenoi grew to around 3.4–4.5 metres (11–15 ft) long, while R.purgatoriensis was much smaller, around 2–2.7 metres (6.6–8.9 ft) long.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bruce Schumacher; Kenshu Shimada; Jeff Liston; Anthony Maltese (2016). "Highly specialized suspension-feeding bony fish Rhinconichthys (Actinopterygii: Pachycormiformes) from the mid-Cretaceous of the United States, England, and Japan". Cretaceous Research 61: 71–85. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.017. Bibcode: 2016CrRes..61...71S. https://zenodo.org/record/1258879.
- ↑ Matt Friedman; Kenshu Shimada; Larry D. Martin; Michael J. Everhart; Jeff Liston; Anthony Maltese; Michael Triebold (2010). "100-million-year dynasty of giant planktivorous bony fishes in the Mesozoic seas". Science 327 (5968): 990–993. doi:10.1126/science.1184743. PMID 20167784. Bibcode: 2010Sci...327..990F. http://doc.rero.ch/record/211158/files/PAL_E4413.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q21078880 entry
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