Biology:Brazilichthys
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
| Brazilichthys | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | †Brazilichthyidae Cox & Hutchinson, 1991 |
| Genus: | †Brazilichthys Cox & Hutchinson, 1991 |
| Species: | †B. macrognathus
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| †Brazilichthys macrognathus Cox & Hutchinson, 1991
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Brazilichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Cisuralian (early Permian) epoch in what is now Maranhão, Brazil (Parnaíba Basin).[1] The type and only species, B. macrognathus, is known from a single skull (ca. 80 millimetres (3.1 in) long),[2] which was recovered from the Pedra de Fogo Formation.[1]
Classification
Brazilichthys is referred to its own family, Brazilichthyidae[2] (monotypy). Its evolutionary relationships to other genera are not well known. It was hypothesized that Brazilichthys could be closely related to the Triassic Birgeria,[3] though this was subsequently considered unlikely.[1]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Figueroa, Rodrigo T.; Friedman, Matt; Gallo, Valéria (2019). "Cranial anatomy of the predatory actinopterygian Brazilichthys macrognathus from the Permian (Cisuralian) Pedra de Fogo Formation, Parnaíba Basin, Brazil". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39 (3): e1639722. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1639722. Bibcode: 2019JVPal..39E9722F.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cox, C. Barry; Hutchinson, Peter (1991). "Fishes and amphibians from the late Permian Pedra De Fogo Formation of northern Brazil". Palaeontology 34 (3): 561–573. https://www.palass.org/sites/default/files/media/publications/palaeontology/volume_34/vol34_part3_pp561-573.pdf.
- ↑ Romano, Carlo; Brinkmann, Winand (2009). "Reappraisal of the lower actinopterygian Birgeria stensioei ALDINGER, 1931 (Osteichthyes; Birgeriidae) from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio (Switzerland) and Besano (Italy).". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 252 (1): 17–31. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0252-0017.
Wikidata ☰ Q109376718 entry
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