Tahnaichthys

Tahnaichthys; Temporal range: Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	† Pycnodontiformes
Family:	† Pycnodontidae
Genus:	† Tahnaichthys
Species:	†T. magnuserrata
Binomial name
	†Tahnaichthys magnuserrata; Pacheco-Ordaz et. al., 2025

Last updated October 04, 2025

Tahnaichthys is an extinct genus of pycnodontid that lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.

Distribution

Tahnaichythys magnuserrata is known from the Tlayúa Quarry, a site belonging to the Tlayúa Formation of Puebla, Mexico.^[1]

References

↑ Pacheco-Ordaz, Stephanie; Mejía, Omar; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (1 February 2025). "Tahnaichthys magnuserrata gen. and sp. nov., a double-hump pycnodontid (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) fish from the Albian limestones of the Tlayúa Quarry, Puebla, Mexico" . Journal of South American Earth Sciences . 152 105277. Bibcode:2025JSAES.15205277P. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105277 . Retrieved 24 March 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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[1] Pacheco-Ordaz, Stephanie; Mejía, Omar; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (1 February 2025). "Tahnaichthys magnuserrata gen. and sp. nov., a double-hump pycnodontid (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) fish from the Albian limestones of the Tlayúa Quarry, Puebla, Mexico" . Journal of South American Earth Sciences . 152 105277. Bibcode:2025JSAES.15205277P. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105277 . Retrieved 24 March 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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