Eurystichthys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Pachycormiformes (?) |
Genus: | † Eurystichthys Whitley, 1950 |
Species: | †E. brongniarti |
Binomial name | |
†Eurystichthys brongniarti (Sauvage, 1877) | |
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Eurystichthys is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish from the Late Jurassic. It contains a single species, E. brongniarti from the Kimmeridgian of France. The genus was coined by Whitley (1950) as a replacement for Eurystethus Sauvage, 1877, a genus name preoccupied by a stinkbug described by Mayr (1864). [1] [2] [3] [4] Woodward suggested a potential relationship to the ichthyodectiform Thrissops or enigmatic fish Pachythrissops , while Sepkoski (2002) tentatively placed it in the Pachycormiformes. [1] [3] [5]