Biology:Chuhsiungichthys

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Short description: Genus of ray-finned fish


Chuhsiungichthys
Temporal range: Early to Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Chuhsiungichthyidae

Yabumoto, 1994[1]
Genus:
Chuhsiungichthys

Lew 1974
Type species
Chuhsiungichthys tsanglingensis
Lew 1974
Species
  • C. tsanglingensis Lew 1974
  • C. yanagidai Yabumoto 1994
  • C. japonicus Yabumoto 1994

Chuhsiungichthys is an extinct genus of ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish that lived in freshwater environments in what is now Yunnan, China ,[2] and Kyushu, Japan ,[1] during the Cretaceous. It differs from its sister genus, Mesoclupea, primarily by having a comparatively more anteriorly-placed dorsal fin.

The type species, C. tsanglingensis, is found in Upper Cretaceous-aged strata of Chuhsiung, Yunnan Province. C. yanagidai is found in the first formation of the Lower Cretaceous-aged Wakino Subgroup, in Kyushu. C. japonicus is found in the fourth formation of the Wakino Subgroup.

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Yabumoto, Yoshitaka (March 30, 1994). "Early Cretaceous Freshwater Fish Fauna in Kyushu, Japan". Bulletin of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History 13: 107–254 [130]. Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20150620090155/http://www.kmnh.jp/info/publication/date/13-107-E-Yabumoto.pdf. 
  2. Lew, Chih-Ching (1974). "A NEW CRETACEOUS TELEOST FROM CHUHSIUNG, YUNNAN". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 4 (3). http://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTOTAL-GJZD197404003.htm. 

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