Argillichthys Explained

Argillichthys is an extinct marine lizardfish known from the Lower Eocene. It contains a single species, A. toombsi, from the Ypresian-aged London Clay Formation in England. It is known from a skull. It is thought to be a stem-member of Synodontidae.^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

Other notable extinct Cenozoic aulopiforms include:

• Alepisaurus paronai, an extinct lancetfish that lived in middle Miocene Piemonte
• Polymerichthys, another extinct alepisauroid from Middle Miocene Japan

References

1. Web site: PBDB . 2024-03-07 . paleobiodb.org.
2. Beckett . Hermione . Giles . Sam . Friedman . Matt . 2018-11-14 . Comparative anatomy of the gill skeleton of fossil Aulopiformes (Teleostei: Eurypterygii) . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . en . 16 . 14 . 1221–1245 . 10.1080/14772019.2017.1387184 . 2018JSPal..16.1221B . 1477-2019.
3. Friedman . Matt . Beckett . Hermione T. . Close . Roger A. . Johanson . Zerina . 2016 . The English Chalk and London Clay: two remarkable British bony fish Lagerstätten . Geological Society, London, Special Publications . en . 430 . 1 . 165–200 . 10.1144/SP430.18 . 2016GSLSP.430..165F . 0305-8719.