Xeneichthys Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous, | |
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Photograph and line drawing of holotype UAHMP 1063. Scale Bar = 1cm | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | †Xeneichthyidae |
Genus: | †Xeneichthys Arratia & González-Rodríguez, 2024 |
Species: | †X. yanesi
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Binomial name | |
†Xeneichthys yanesi Arratia & González-Rodríguez, 2024
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Xeneichthys is an extinct genus of teleost fish from the Albian El Doctor Formation in Hidalgo, Mexico. The type and only species is X. yanesi is known from multiple specimens, representing the entire body. [1]