Rhombichthys Temporal range:
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Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Superorder: | Clupeomorpha |
Order: | † Ellimmichthyiformes |
Family: | † Paraclupeidae |
Subfamily: | † Paraclupeinae |
Genus: | †
Rhombichthys Khalloufi et al., 2010 |
Species: | †R. intoccabilis
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Binomial name | |
†Rhombichthys intoccabilis Khalloufi et al., 2010
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Rhombichthys intoccabilis is an extinct clupeomorph described from the town of Ein Yabrud, in the West Bank. It lived during the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch. [1]
The adults of R. intoccabilis had a very deep, scute-covered belly. In conjunction with the high, triangular dorsal fin, the belly gives the fish a rhombus-shaped body profile, hence the generic name. The juveniles, in contrast, had a far shallower belly, having a rounded profile.
Rhombichthys Temporal range:
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Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Superorder: | Clupeomorpha |
Order: | † Ellimmichthyiformes |
Family: | † Paraclupeidae |
Subfamily: | † Paraclupeinae |
Genus: | †
Rhombichthys Khalloufi et al., 2010 |
Species: | †R. intoccabilis
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Binomial name | |
†Rhombichthys intoccabilis Khalloufi et al., 2010
|
Rhombichthys intoccabilis is an extinct clupeomorph described from the town of Ein Yabrud, in the West Bank. It lived during the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch. [1]
The adults of R. intoccabilis had a very deep, scute-covered belly. In conjunction with the high, triangular dorsal fin, the belly gives the fish a rhombus-shaped body profile, hence the generic name. The juveniles, in contrast, had a far shallower belly, having a rounded profile.