Shuleichthys
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Shuleichthys brachypteryx is an extinct species of ray-finned fish which existed in China during the Cretaceous period. Fossils of the fish were found in the Aptian Xiagou Formation of the Changma Basin.[1] It is the only species in the genus Shuleichthys and cannot be placed in any order of the Osteoglossomorpha without making that order paraphyletic.[1]
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Genus: | † Shuleichthys Murray et al. 2010 |
Species: | S. brachypteryx |
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Shuleichthys brachypteryx Murray et al. 2010 | |
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