Catutoichthys
Extinct genus of fish
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Catutoichthys is an extinct genus of amiiform fish belonging to the family Caturidae. The only species that has been found to be within this genus is Catutoichthys olsacheri.[1]
| Catutoichthys Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
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| Catutoichthys olsacheri, specimen MOZ-Pv 3645 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Halecomorphi |
| Order: | Amiiformes |
| Family: | †Caturidae |
| Genus: | †Catutoichthys Gouiric-Cavalli, 2016 |
| Species: | †C. olsacheri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Catutoichthys olsacheri Gouiric-Cavalli, 2016 | |
It lived during the Late Jurassic period in the Vaca Muerta Formation, southwestern Gondwana in what is now Argentina. This makes Catutoichthys the earliest representative of the family Caturidae.[1]