Chalcidichthys
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Chalcidichthys Temporal range:
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Caristiidae |
Genus: | †Chalcidichthys David, 1943 |
Species: | †C. malacapterygius
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†Chalcidichthys malacapterygius David, 1943
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Chalcidichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric manefish.[1] It contains a single species, C. malacapterygius, that lived during the Upper Miocene of Southern California.[2] It is known from the Modelo Formation in Los Angeles County, and specimens were found during construction of a tunnel on Sepulveda Boulevard.[3] It is assumed to have preyed on siphonophores, like its living relatives.
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- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ David, Lore Rose (1943), "Miocene Fishes of Southern California", Geological Society of America Special Papers, Geological Society of America, pp. xiii–xiv, retrieved 2024-05-08
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
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