Chalcidichthys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Caristiidae |
Genus: | †
Chalcidichthys David, 1943 |
Species: | †C. malacapterygius
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Binomial name | |
†Chalcidichthys malacapterygius David, 1943
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Chalcidichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric manefish. [1] It contains a single species, C. malacapterygius, that lived during the Upper Miocene of Southern California. [2] It is known from the Modelo Formation in Los Angeles County, and specimens were found during construction of a tunnel on Sepulveda Boulevard. [3] It is assumed to have preyed on siphonophores, like its living relatives.
Chalcidichthys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Caristiidae |
Genus: | †
Chalcidichthys David, 1943 |
Species: | †C. malacapterygius
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Binomial name | |
†Chalcidichthys malacapterygius David, 1943
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Chalcidichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric manefish. [1] It contains a single species, C. malacapterygius, that lived during the Upper Miocene of Southern California. [2] It is known from the Modelo Formation in Los Angeles County, and specimens were found during construction of a tunnel on Sepulveda Boulevard. [3] It is assumed to have preyed on siphonophores, like its living relatives.