Chilomycterus dzonotensis

Chilomycterus dzonotensis; Temporal range: Neogene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Diodontidae
Genus:	Chilomycterus
Species:	†C. dzonotensis
Binomial name
	†Chilomycterus dzonotensis; Cantalice et. al., 2025

Last updated February 18, 2025

Chilomycterus dzonotensis is an extinct species of Chilomycterus that inhabited the waters around the Yucatan Peninsula during the Neogene period.

Distribution

Fossils of C. dzonotensis are known from the Carrillo Puerto Formation, dating to the boundary between the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene.^[1]

References

↑ Cantalice, Kleyton M.; Salgado-Garrido, Hugo E.; Sosa-Rodríguez, Erick; Vilchis-Zapata, Kay; González-Barba, Gerardo; on behalf of the Underwater Archaeological Atlas project (6 February 2025). Schubert, Michael (ed.). "Underwater paleontology inside cenotes reveals the Miocene-Pliocene fish diversity in the Yucatan Peninsula, southeast Mexico". PLOS ONE . 20 (2): e0315382. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315382 . ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11801553 . PMID 39913453 . Retrieved 15 February 2025– via PLOS ONE.

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[1] Cantalice, Kleyton M.; Salgado-Garrido, Hugo E.; Sosa-Rodríguez, Erick; Vilchis-Zapata, Kay; González-Barba, Gerardo; on behalf of the Underwater Archaeological Atlas project (6 February 2025). Schubert, Michael (ed.). "Underwater paleontology inside cenotes reveals the Miocene-Pliocene fish diversity in the Yucatan Peninsula, southeast Mexico". PLOS ONE . 20 (2): e0315382. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0315382 . ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11801553 . PMID 39913453 . Retrieved 15 February 2025– via PLOS ONE.

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