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Atacamichthys

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Atacamichthys
Temporal range: Oxfordian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei (?)
Family: Atacamichthyidae
Arratia et al., 2021
Genus: Atacamichthys
Arratia & Schultze, 1987
Species:
A. greeni
Binomial name
Atacamichthys greeni
Arratia & Schultze, 1987

Atacamichthys is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish. It contains one species, Atacamichthys greeni, which lived in what is now Chile during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. Atacamichthys is the only member of the family Atacamichthyidae.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ Arratia, G.; Schultze, H.-P.; Gouiric-Cavalli, S.; Quezada-Romegialli, C. (2021). "The intriguing † Atacamichthys fish from the Middle Jurassic of Chile – an amiiform or a teleosteomorph?". In Pradel, A.; Denton, J. S. S.; Janvier, P. (eds.). Ancient Fishes and their Living Relatives: a Tribute to John G. Maisey. Munich, Germany: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 19–36. ISBN 978-3-89937-269-4.