Biology:Shuleichthys

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Short description: Extinct species of fish


Shuleichthys brachypteryx
Temporal range: Aptian
~125–113 Ma
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Shuleichthys

Murray et al. 2010
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S. brachypteryx
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Shuleichthys brachypteryx
Murray et al. 2010

Shuleichthys brachypteryx is an extinct species of ray-finned fish which existed in China during the Cretaceous period. Fossils of the fish were found in the Aptian Xiagou Formation of the Changma Basin.[1] It is the only species in the genus Shuleichthys and cannot be placed in any order of the Osteoglossomorpha without making that order paraphyletic.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Alison M. Murray, Hai-Lu You & Cuo Peng (2010). "A new Cretaceous osteoglossomorph fish from Gansu Province, China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (2): 322–332. doi:10.1080/02724631003621961. Bibcode2010JVPal..30..322M. 

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