Barcarenichthys

Barcarenichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous.^[1][2][3] It contains a single species, B. joneti, from the late Cenomanian of Portugal.^[4]

Barcarenichthys Temporal range: Late Cenomanian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Cohort:	Euteleostei
Genus:	†Barcarenichthys Gayet, 1989
Species:	†B. joneti
Binomial name
†Barcarenichthys joneti Gayet, 1989

Initially classified in the Salmoniformes, it is now considered an indeterminate basal euteleostean.^[4][5][6]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
3. Gayet, M (1989). "Barcarenichthys joneti nov. gen., nov. sp., du Cénomanien marin de Barcarena (Portugal) et ses relations phylogénétiques au sein des «Salmoniformes»". Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. Série 2, Mécanique, Physique, Chimie, Sciences de l'univers, Sciences de la Terre. 308 (1): 137–140. ISSN 0764-4450.
4. Amalfitano, Jacopo; Giusberti, Luca; Fornaciari, Eliana; Carnevale, Giorgio (2020-04-03). "UPPER CENOMANIAN FISHES FROM THE BONARELLI LEVEL (OAE2) OF NORTHEASTERN ITALY". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 126 (2). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/13224. ISSN 2039-4942.
5. Fielitz, Christopher (2002-11-01). "A new Late Cretaceous (Turonian) basal euteleostean fish from Lac des Bois of the Northwest Territories of Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 39 (11): 1579–1590. Bibcode:2002CaJES..39.1579F. doi:10.1139/e02-061. ISSN 0008-4077.
6. de Figueiredo, F.J.; Gallo, V.; Delarmelina, A.F.P. (2012). "A new protacanthopterygian fish from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) of the Pelotas Basin, southern Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 34: 116–123. Bibcode:2012CrRes..34..116D. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.009. ISSN 0195-6671.