Shuleichthys

Shuleichthys brachypteryx
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Osteoglossomorpha
Order: incertae sedis
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Shuleichthys
Murray et al., 2010
Species: S. brachypteryx
Binomial name
Shuleichthys brachypteryx
Murray et al., 2010

Shuleichthys brachypteryx is an extinct species of ray-finned fish which existed in China during the Cretaceous period.[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 2 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.
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