Chuhsiungichthys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Ichthyodectiformes |
Family: | † Chuhsiungichthyidae |
Genus: | †
Chuhsiungichthys Lew, 1974 |
Type species | |
†Chuhsiungichthys tsanglingensis Lew, 1974
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Chuhsiungichthys is an extinct genus of ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish that lived in freshwater environments in what is now Yunnan, China, and Kyushu, Japan during the Cretaceous. [1] [2] [3] It differs from its sister genus, Mesoclupea, primarily by having a comparatively more anteriorly-placed dorsal fin. [4]
It contains the following species: [1]
Chuhsiungichthys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Ichthyodectiformes |
Family: | † Chuhsiungichthyidae |
Genus: | †
Chuhsiungichthys Lew, 1974 |
Type species | |
†Chuhsiungichthys tsanglingensis Lew, 1974
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Species | |
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Chuhsiungichthys is an extinct genus of ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish that lived in freshwater environments in what is now Yunnan, China, and Kyushu, Japan during the Cretaceous. [1] [2] [3] It differs from its sister genus, Mesoclupea, primarily by having a comparatively more anteriorly-placed dorsal fin. [4]
It contains the following species: [1]