Domeykos

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Domeykos
Temporal range: Oxfordian [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Crossognathiformes (?)
Family: Varasichthyidae
Genus: Domeykos
Arratia & Schultze, 1985
Species:
D. profetaensis
Binomial name
Domeykos profetaensis
Arratia & Schultze, 1985

Domeykos is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish that lived in what is now Chile during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. It contains one species, Domeykos profetaensis, known from the Quebrada del Profeta of Antofagasta. [1] [2] [3]

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References

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