Gillicus
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Gillicus was a relatively small (about long) marine ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish that lived in central North America (Western Interior Seaway), Europe and East Asia, from the late Albian to the early Maastrichtian.
== Taxonomy == This genus contains two known species: †G. arcuatus (Cope, 1875) - Turonian to Santonian of Kansas (Niobrara Formation), South Dakota (Benton Shale), and Utah (Tropic Shale), US, Turonian of Coahuila, Mexico, Coniacian of Manitoba, Canada (Carlile Formation) †G. serridens (Woodward, 1901) - Albian of England (Gault Formation)
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