Argillichthys
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| Argillichthys Temporal range: Ypresian,
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Synodontidae |
| Genus: | †Argillichthys Casier, 1966 |
| Species: | †A. toombsi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Argillichthys toombsi Casier, 1966
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Argillichthys is an extinct marine lizardfish known from the Lower Eocene. It contains a single species, A. toombsi, from the Ypresian-aged London Clay Formation in England. It is known from a skull. It is thought to be a stem-member of Synodontidae.[1][2][3]
See also
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- Alepisaurus paronai, an extinct lancetfish that lived in middle Miocene Piemonte
- Polymerichthys, another extinct alepisauroid from Middle Miocene Japan
References
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