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Maraldichthys

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Extinct genus and species of Pycnodontiform fish

Maraldichthys
Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pycnodontiformes
Family: Gebrayelichthyidae
Genus: Maraldichthys
Taverne & Capasso, 2014
Type species
Maraldichthys verticalis
Taverne & Capasso, 2014

Maraldichthys verticalis is a species of pycnodontiform fish of the family Gebrayelichthyidae, the only in the monotypic genus Maraldichthys. It lived during the Cenomanian of Lebanon.

References

  1. Taverne, L.; Capasso, L. (2014). "Ostéologie et relations phylogénétiques des Gebrayelichtyidae (Halecostomi, Pycnodontomorpha), une extraordinaire famille de poissons du Crétacé supérieur marin du Liban, avec la description d'un nouveau genre" [Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Gebrayelichtyidae (Halecostomi, Pycnodontomorpha), an extraordinary fish family of Upper Cretaceous marine of Lebanon, with the description of a new genus.]. Palaeontos (in French). 25: 44–68.
Pycnodontiformes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Pycnodontiformes
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Pycnodontiformes
Pycnodontiformes
Mesturidae
Brembodontidae
Serrasalmimidae
Coccodontoidea
Gebrayelichthyidae
Coccodontidae
Gladiopycnodontidae
Pycnodontidae
Proscinetinae
Nursalliinae
Pycnodontinae
Hensodon spinosus
Taxon identifiers
Maraldichthys


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