Atacamichthys
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Atacamichthys is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish. It contains one species, Atacamichthys greeni, which lived in what is now Chile during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. Atacamichthys is the only member of the family Atacamichthyidae.[2]
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Division:Teleostei (?)
Family:†Atacamichthyidae
Arratia et al., 2021
Arratia et al., 2021
| Atacamichthys Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei (?) |
| Family: | †Atacamichthyidae Arratia et al., 2021 |
| Genus: | †Atacamichthys Arratia & Schultze, 1987 |
| Species: | †A. greeni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Atacamichthys greeni Arratia & Schultze, 1987 | |
