Biology:Andinichthyidae

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Short description: Extinct family of fishes

Andinichthyidae
Temporal range: Cretaceous–Eocene
Andinichthyidae reconstructions.jpg
Andinichthys, Hoffstetterichthys, and Incaichthys
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Andinichthyidae
Gayet, 1988
Genera

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Andinichthyidae is a prehistoric family of catfishes from the Cretaceous to Eocene of South America.[1][2]

Species

The four species in four monotypic genera are:

  • Genus Andinichthys Gayet, 1988.
    • Andinichthys bolivianensis Gayet, 1988.
  • Genus Hoffstetterichthys Gayet, 1990.
    • Hoffstetterichthys pucai Gayet, 1990.
  • Genus Incaichthys Gayet, 1990.
    • Incaichthys suarezi Gayet, 1990.
  • Genus Yuskaichthys Bogan, Agnolin & Scanferla, 2018.
    • Yuskaichthys eocenicus Bogan, Agnolin & Scanferla, 2018.

References

  1. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types". Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01418p300.pdf. 
  2. Sergio Bogan; Federico L. Agnolin; Agustín Scanferla (2018). "A new Andinichthyidae catfish (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes) from the Paleogene of northwestern Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38 (3): e1449117. doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1449117. Bibcode2018JVPal..38E9117B. 

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