Oniichthys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Ginglymodi |
Order: | Lepisosteiformes |
Family: | Lepisosteidae |
Tribe: | Lepisosteini |
Genus: | †
Oniichthys Cavin & Brito, 2001 |
Species: | †O. falipoui
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Binomial name | |
†Oniichthys falipoui Cavin & Brito, 2001
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Oniichthys is an extinct genus of gar in the family Lepisosteidae. It contains a single species, O. falipoui, known from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) of Morocco. [1]
It is known from a few very well-preserved, near-complete specimens from the Kem Kem Formation, where it coexisted with the famous Spinosaurus. [2] It closely resembles the modern genus Atractosteus, and is generally placed as its sister genus, a sister to Atractosteus and Lepisosteus, or even as a species within Atractosteus as per Grande (2010), [3] although this latter view has been disputed based on differences in skull morphology. [4] [5]
The genus name references the Ooni, divine Yoruba kings, while the specific epithet honors Christian Falipou, who loaned one of the type specimens. [1]
Oniichthys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Ginglymodi |
Order: | Lepisosteiformes |
Family: | Lepisosteidae |
Tribe: | Lepisosteini |
Genus: | †
Oniichthys Cavin & Brito, 2001 |
Species: | †O. falipoui
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Binomial name | |
†Oniichthys falipoui Cavin & Brito, 2001
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Synonyms | |
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Oniichthys is an extinct genus of gar in the family Lepisosteidae. It contains a single species, O. falipoui, known from the Late Cretaceous ( Cenomanian) of Morocco. [1]
It is known from a few very well-preserved, near-complete specimens from the Kem Kem Formation, where it coexisted with the famous Spinosaurus. [2] It closely resembles the modern genus Atractosteus, and is generally placed as its sister genus, a sister to Atractosteus and Lepisosteus, or even as a species within Atractosteus as per Grande (2010), [3] although this latter view has been disputed based on differences in skull morphology. [4] [5]
The genus name references the Ooni, divine Yoruba kings, while the specific epithet honors Christian Falipou, who loaned one of the type specimens. [1]