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 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. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Arratia, G. (2008). "The varasichthyid and other crossognathiform fishes, and the Break-up of Pangaea". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 295 (1): 71–92. Bibcode:2008GSLSP.295...71A. doi:10.1144/SP295.6. S2CID   128580667.