Barcarenichthys Temporal range: | |
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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 | |
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]
Initially classified in the Salmoniformes, it is now considered an indeterminate basal euteleostean. [4] [5] [6]