Cimolichthys

Cimolichthys
Temporal range: Late Cenomanian to Maastrichtian[1]
C. nepaholica mount, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Superfamily: †Cimolichthyoidea
Family: †Cimolichthyidae
Goody, 1969
Genus: †Cimolichthys
Leidy, 1857
Type species
†Cimolichthys levesiensis
Leidy, 1857
Species
  • †C. levesiensis Leidy, 1857
  • †C. nepaholica Cope, 1872
Synonyms

Cimolichthys is an extinct genus of large predatory marine aulopiform fish known worldwide from the Late Cretaceous. It is the only member of the family Cimolichthyidae.[2][3]

  1. ^ Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
  3. ^ Silva, Hilda M. A; Gallo, Valéria (June 2011). "Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (2): 483–511. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652011000200010. PMID 21670874.