Chuhsiungichthys
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Ichthyodectiformes
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

References

  1. 1 2 Yabumoto, Yoshitaka (March 30, 1994). "Early Cretaceous Freshwater Fish Fauna in Kyushu, Japan" (PDF). Bulletin of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History. 13: 107–254 [130]. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-20.
  2. ↑ Lew, Chih-Ching (1974). "A NEW CRETACEOUS TELEOST FROM CHUHSIUNG, YUNNAN". Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 4 (3).


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