Occithrissops

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Occithrissops
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:† Ichthyodectiformes
Genus:† Occithrissops
Schaeffer & Patterson, 1984
Type species
†Occithrissops willsoni
Schaeffer & Patterson, 1984

Occithrissops is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish of the Jurassic, described from Sundance Formation. The genus name of Occithrissops refers to the occidental occurrence of the genus and its relationship to Thrissops . [1]

Description

Occithrissops reached length about 20 centimetres (7.9 in). Although it is placed within Ichthyodectiformes, it have some different characters compared to other Jurassic ichthyodectiform Thrissops and Allothrissops , and original description described this taxon as Ichthyodectiformes incertae sedis . [1] Later study considered this taxon is basal ichthyodectiform, and shared some morphological similarities with Jinjuichthys . [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Schaeffer, Bobb; Patterson, Colin (1984). "Jurassic fishes from the western United States, with comments on Jurassic fish distribution. American Museum novitates; no. 2796". American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/5270.
  2. ↑ Kim, Haang-Mook; Chang, Mee-Mann; Wu, Feixiang; Kim, Yang-Hee (2014-01-01). "A new ichthyodectiform (Pisces, Teleostei) from the Lower Cretaceous of South Korea and its paleobiogeographic implication" . Cretaceous Research. 47: 117–130. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.11.007. ISSN   0195-6671.


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