Shuleichthys
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Shuleichthys brachypteryx is an extinct species of ray-finned fish which existed in China during the Cretaceous period. Fossils of the fish were found in the Aptian Xiagou Formation of the Changma Basin.[1] It is the only species in the genus Shuleichthys and cannot be placed in any order of the Osteoglossomorpha without making that order paraphyletic.[1]
| Shuleichthys Temporal range: Aptian ~ | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Cohort: | Osteoglossomorpha |
| Genus: | †Shuleichthys Murray et al., 2010 |
| Type species | |
| †Shuleichthys brachypteryx Murray et al., 2010 | |
