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Chalcidichthys
Temporal range: Upper Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Caristiidae
Genus: †Chalcidichthys
David, 1943
Species: †C. malacapterygius
Binomial name
†Chalcidichthys malacapterygius
David, 1943

Chalcidichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric manefish. It contains a single species, C. malacapterygius, that lived during the Upper Miocene of Southern California. It is known from the Modelo Formation in Los Angeles County, and specimens were found during construction of a tunnel on Sepulveda Boulevard. It is assumed to have preyed on siphonophores, like its living relatives.

See also

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. David, Lore Rose (1943), "Miocene Fishes of Southern California", Geological Society of America Special Papers, Geological Society of America, pp. xiii–xiv, retrieved 2024-05-08
  3. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  4. California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.
Taxon identifiers
Chalcidichthys
Chalcidichthys malacapterygius
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