Gillicus

Gillicus
Temporal range: 100.5–70 Ma
Fossil
Life restoration of G. arcuatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Ichthyodectiformes
Family: †Saurodontidae
Genus: †Gillicus
Hay, 1898
Species
  • †G. arcuatus
    (Cope, 1875) (type)
  • †G. serridens
    (Woodward, 1901)[1]

Gillicus was a relatively small, 2 metres (6.6 ft) long ichthyodectiform fish that lived in central North America (Western Interior Seaway), Europe and East Asia, from the late Albian to the early Maastrichtian.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cavin, L.; Forey, P. L.; Giersch, S. (2013). "Osteology of Eubiodectes libanicus (Pictet & Humbert, ) and some other ichthyodectiformes (Teleostei): phylogenetic implications". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (2): 115–177. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.691559. S2CID 83807640.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AOPM09 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Everhart, Michael J. (2005). Oceans of Kansas : a natural history of the western interior sea. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 344. ISBN 0-253-34547-2. OCLC 56982260.