Daitingichthys
Extinct genus of fishes
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Daitingichthys ("Daiting fish") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Jurassic period. It contains a single species, D. tischlingeri from the early Tithonian-aged Mörnsheim Formation of the Solnhofen Limestone, Germany.[1][2][3][4] It is thought to be a stem-elopiform, related to modern ladyfish and tarpons.[5]
| Daitingichthys Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Elopiformes |
| Genus: | †Daitingichthys Arratia, 1987 |
| Species: | †D. tischlingeri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Daitingichthys tischlingeri Arratia, 1987 | |
