Biology:Tylerichthys

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Tylerichthys
Temporal range: Lutetian[1]
Tylerichthys nuchalis.JPG
Fossil of T. nuchalis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Acanthuridae
Genus: Tylerichthys
Blot, 1981
Species
  • T. nuchalis (Agassiz 1834)
  • T. milani Blot 1980

Tylerichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric surgeonfish that lived in a coral reef during the Lutetian epoch of what is now Monte Bolca, Italy.[1]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 

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