Ellimmichthys

Ellimmichthys Temporal range: Berriasian/Valanginian–Aptian/Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Illustration of E. goodi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Ellimmichthyiformes
Family:	†Paraclupeidae
Genus:	†Ellimmichthys Jordan, 1919
Type species
†Diplomystus longicostatus Cope, 1886
Species
†E. longicostatus (Cope, 1886) †E. goodi (Eastman, 1912) †E. spinosus de Figuereido & Gallo, 2021

Ellimmichthys is an extinct genus of double-armored herring from the Lower Cretaceous.

Species

• †Ellimmichthys longicostatus (Cope, 1886) (type species)
• †Ellimmichthys goodi (Eastman, 1912)
• †Ellimmichthys spinosus de Figuereido & Gallo, 2021

References

1. de Figueiredo, Francisco J.; Gallo, Valéria (2021). "Revision of †Ellimmichthys longicostatus (Clupeomorpha: †Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil with comments on the taxonomy of related species". Journal of South American Earth Sciences.