Biology:Varasichthys
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Short description: Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Crossognathiformes/? |
| Family: | †Varasichthyidae |
| Genus: | †Varasichthys Arratia, 1981 |
| Species: | †V. ariasi
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| †Varasichthys ariasi Arratia, 1981
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Varasichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. It contains one species, Varasichthys ariasi, fossils of which have been found in the Domeyko Range of Antofagasta Region, northern Chile .[2] It has been placed in the family Varasichthyidae together with the genera Bobbichthys, Domeykos, Luisichthys and Protoclupea.[3]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Arratia, Gloria (1981). "Varasichthys ariasi n. gen. et sp. from the Upper Jurassic of Chile (Pisces, Teleostei, Varasichthyidae n. fam.)". Palaeontographica Abteilung A Band A175: 107–139. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258820698. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ↑ Arratia, G. (2008). "The varasichthyid and other crossognathiform fishes, and the Break-up of Pangaea". Geological Society, London, Special Publications 295 (1): 71–92. doi:10.1144/SP295.6. Bibcode: 2008GSLSP.295...71A. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249552179.
Wikidata ☰ Q7915471 entry
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