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Varasichthys

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Varasichthys
Temporal range: Oxfordian[1]
Fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Crossognathiformes (?)
Family: Varasichthyidae
Genus: Varasichthys
Arratia, 1981
Species:
V. ariasi
Binomial name
Varasichthys ariasi
Arratia, 1981
Life restoration of two individuals

Varasichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. It contains one species, Varasichthys ariasi, fossils of which have been found in the Domeyko Range of Antofagasta Region, northern Chile.[2] It has been placed in the family Varasichthyidae together with the genera Bobbichthys, Domeykos, Luisichthys and Protoclupea.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ Arratia, Gloria (1981). "Varasichthys ariasi n. gen. et sp. from the Upper Jurassic of Chile (Pisces, Teleostei, Varasichthyidae n. fam.)". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. Band A175: 107–139. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  3. ^ Arratia, G. (2008). "The varasichthyid and other crossognathiform fishes, and the Break-up of Pangaea". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 295 (1): 71–92. Bibcode:2008GSLSP.295...71A. doi:10.1144/SP295.6. S2CID 128580667.