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Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes

Luisichthys
Temporal range: Oxfordian–Early Tithonian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of two individuals
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Crossognathiformes (?)
Family: Varasichthyidae
Genus: Luisichthys
White, 1942
Species: L. vinalesensis
Binomial name
Luisichthys vinalesensis
White, 1942

Luisichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived in what is now Cuba from the Oxfordian to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. It contains one species, Luisichthys vinalesensis.

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. Iturralde-Vinent, M.; Ceballos Izquierdo, Y. (2015). "Catalogue of Late Jurassic Vertebrate (pisces, reptilian) Specimens from Western Cuba" (PDF). Paleontología Mexicana. 3 (65): 24–39.
Crossognathiformes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Crossognathiformes
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Crossognathiformes
Crossognathiformes
Varasichthyidae?
Crossognathidae
Notelopidae
Pachyrhizodontidae
Pachyrhizodus caninus
Taxon identifiers
Luisichthys


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