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Argillichthys
Extinct genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Argillichthys | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Aulopiformes |
Family: | Synodontidae |
Genus: | †Argillichthys Casier, 1966 |
Species: | †A. toombsi |
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†Argillichthys toombsi Casier, 1966 | |
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