Maraldichthys

Extinct genus and species of Pycnodontiform fish

Maraldichthys
Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian
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Maraldichthys verticalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Pycnodontiformes
Superfamily:
Coccodontoidea
Family:
Gebrayelichthyidae
Genus:
Maraldichthys
Species:
M. verticalis
Binomial name
Maraldichthys verticalis
Taverne & Capasso, 2014

Maraldichthys verticalis is a species of pycnodontiform fish of the family Gebrayelichthyidae, the only in the monotypic genus Maraldichthys. It lived during the Cenomanian of Lebanon.[1]

References

  1. ^ Taverne, L.; Capasso, L. (2014). "Ostéologie et relations phylogénétiques des Gebrayelichtyidae (Halecostomi, Pycnodontomorpha), une extraordinaire famille de poissons du Crétacé supérieur marin du Liban, avec la description d'un nouveau genre" [Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Gebrayelichtyidae (Halecostomi, Pycnodontomorpha), an extraordinary fish family of Upper Cretaceous marine of Lebanon, with the description of a new genus.]. Palaeontos (in French). 25: 44–68.
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Actinopterygii
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Neopterygii
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Pycnodontiformes
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Mesturidae
Brembodontidae
Serrasalmimidae
  • Damergouia
  • Diastemapycnodus
  • Eoserrasalmimus
  • Polygyrodus
  • Serrasalmimus
Coccodontoidea
Gebrayelichthyidae
Coccodontidae
Gladiopycnodontidae
  • Ducrotayichthys
  • Gladiopycnodus
  • Hayolperichthys
  • Ichthyoceros?
  • Joinvillichthys
  • Monocerichthys
  • Pankowskichthys
  • Rostropycnodus
  • Stenoprotome
  • Tricherichthys
Pycnodontidae
Proscinetinae
Nursalliinae
Pycnodontinae
Hensodon spinosus
Taxon identifiers
Maraldichthys


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