Heterothrissa

Heterothrissa
Temporal range: Upper Cenomanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: †Ctenothrissiformes
Family: †Ctenothrissidae
Genus: †Heterothrissa
Gaudant, 1978
Species:
†H. signeuxae
Binomial name
†Heterothrissa signeuxae
Gaudant, 1978

Heterothrissa is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single species, H. signeuxae known from the Cenomanian-aged Sannine Formation of Lebanon. It was a member of the Ctenothrissiformes, a group of early-diverging acanthomorph relatives.

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References

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  2. ↑ Amalfitano, Jacopo; Giusberti, Luca; Fornaciari, Eliana; Carnevale, Giorgio (2020-04-03). "Upper Cenomanian Fishes from the Bonarelli Level (Oae2) of Northeastern Italy". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 126 (2). doi:10.13130/2039-4942/13224. ISSN 2039-4942.
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