Chongichthys

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Chongichthys
Temporal range: Oxfordian
~161–155.7  Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Crossognathiformes
Family: Chongichthyidae
Arratia, 1982
Genus: Chongichthys
Arratia, 1982
Species:
C. dentatus
Binomial name
Chongichthys dentatus
Arratia, 1982

Chongichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. [1] It contains one species, C. dentatus from the Quebrada El Profeta of Chile. [2] It is named after Chilean geologist Guillermo Chong. [3]

Its phylogenetic relationships have long been enigmatic, with it initially being classified as an indeterminate teleost, or more specifically an indeterminate clupeocephalan. However, more recent studies have recovered it as a basal crossognathiform. It is one of the earliest crossognathiforms known. [4] [5] [6]

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