| Chongichthys Temporal range: Oxfordian ~ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 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]
