Rhinconichthys

Rhinconichthys
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Pachycormiformes
Family: †Pachycormidae
Genus: †Rhinconichthys
Friedman et al., 2010
Species
  • †R. taylori Friedman et al., 2010
  • †R. purgatoirensis Schumacher et al., 2016[1]
  • †R. uyenoi Schumacher et al., 2016[1]

Rhinconichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish which existed during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.[2]

Along with its close cousins the great-white-shark-sized or larger Bonnerichthys and the immense Leedsichthys, Rhinconichthys forms a line of giant filter-feeding bony pachycormid fish that swam the Jurassic and Cretaceous seas for over 100 million years.

  1. ^ a b Bruce Schumacher; Kenshu Shimada; Jeff Liston; Anthony Maltese (2016). "Highly specialized suspension-feeding bony fish Rhinconichthys (Actinopterygii: Pachycormiformes) from the mid-Cretaceous of the United States, England, and Japan". Cretaceous Research. 61: 71–85. Bibcode:2016CrRes..61...71S. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.017.
  2. ^ Matt Friedman; Kenshu Shimada; Larry D. Martin; Michael J. Everhart; Jeff Liston; Anthony Maltese & Michael Triebold (2010). "100-million-year dynasty of giant planktivorous bony fishes in the Mesozoic seas" (PDF). Science. 327 (5968): 990–993. Bibcode:2010Sci...327..990F. doi:10.1126/science.1184743. PMID 20167784. S2CID 206524637.