Araripichthys

Araripichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived from the Aptian to Coniacian stages of the Cretaceous period.[1] The genus is named after the Araripe Basin, where it was found in the Crato and Santana Formations. Other fossils of the genus have been found at Goulmima in Morocco, the Tlayua Formation of Mexico and the Apón Formation of Venezuela.[2]

Araripichthys
Temporal range: Aptian-Coniacian
~125–89.3 Ma [1][2]
Fossil of Araripichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Superorder:
Elopomorpha
Order:
Crossognathiformes
Family:
Araripichthyidae
Genus:
Araripichthys

Silva Santos 1985
Species:
  • A. axelrodi
  • A. castilhoi
  • A. weberi
Type species
Araripichthys axelrodi

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Araripichthys at Fossilworks.org
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