Gebrayelichthyidae

Gebrayelichthyidae
Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian[1]
Gebrayelichthys spp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Pycnodontiformes
Superfamily: †Coccodontoidea
Family: †Gebrayelichthyidae
Nursall & Capasso, 2004
Genera

Gebrayelichthyidae is a family of extinct pycnodontid fish, with a superficially shrimpfish-like appearance that lived during the lower Cenomanian.[1]

The family is composed of two genera, the type genus, Gebrayelichthys, and the monotypic Maraldichthys.[1] The Gebrayelichthyids are highly modified in appearance, having their bodies compressed and vertebrae elongated.

Gebrayelichthyidae, together with Gladiopycnodontidae and Coccodontidae, make up the pycnodontid superfamily Coccodontoidea.

Restoration of Maraldichthys
  1. ^ a b c L. Taverne; L. Capasso (2014). "Ostéologie et phylogénie des Coccodontidae, une famille remarquable de poissons Pycnodontiformes du Crétacé supérieur marin du Liban, avec la description de deux nouveaux genres". Palaeontos. 25. Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2016-08-09.