Chuhsiungichthys
Sign in to saveChuhsiungichthys is an extinct genus of ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish that lived in freshwater environments in what is now Yunnan, China, and Kyushu, Japan during the Cretaceous. It differs from its sister genus, Mesoclupea, primarily by having a comparatively more anteriorly-placed dorsal fin.
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Chuhsiungichthys is an extinct genus of ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish that lived in freshwater environments in what is now Yunnan, China, and Kyushu, Japan during the Cretaceous. It differs from its sister genus, Mesoclupea, primarily by having a comparatively more anteriorly-placed dorsal fin.
It contains the following species: †C. tsanglingensis Lew, 1974 – Turonian-Coniacian of Chuhsiung, Yunnan, China (Jiangdihe Formation) †C. japonicus Yabumoto, 1994 – Albian of Kyushu, Japan (Kumagai Formation) †C. yanagidai Yabumoto, 1994 – Hauterivian-Barremian of Kyushu, Japan (Dobaru Formation)
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