Gracilignathichthys
Extinct genus of fishes
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Gracilignathichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the late Anisian to the early Ladinian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch in what is now Europe.[2][1][3] It contains a single species, G. microlepis, known from the Besano Formation on the border of Italy and Switzerland.[2][4] Teeth reminiscent of Gracilignathichthys are also known from the Muschelkalk of Luxembourg.[5] It is considered a pholidopleuriform of uncertain affinities.[6]
| Gracilignathichthys Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pholidopleuriformes |
| Genus: | †Gracilignathichthys Burgin, 1992 |
| Species: | †G. microlepis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Gracilignathichthys microlepis Burgin, 1992 | |
