Varasichthys

Varasichthys
Temporal range:

Fossil
Life restoration of two individuals
Scientific classification
Varasichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived Domain: Eukaryota
during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. It Kingdom: Animalia
contains one species, Varasichthys ariasi, fossils of which
Phylum: Chordata
have been found in the Domeyko Range of Antofagasta
Region, northern Chile.[2] It has been placed in the family Class: Actinopterygii
Varasichthyidae together with the genera Bobbichthys, Order: †Crossognathiformes (?)
Domeykos, Luisichthys and Protoclupea.[3]
Family: †Varasichthyidae

References Genus: †Varasichthys

Arratia, 1981
1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil
marine animal genera" (http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich. Species: †V. ariasi
edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class). Binomial name
Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560.
Retrieved 2009-02-27. †Varasichthys ariasi
2. Arratia, Gloria (1981). "Varasichthys ariasi n. gen. et Arratia, 1981
sp. from the Upper Jurassic of Chile (Pisces,
Teleostei, Varasichthyidae n. fam.)" (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258820698).
Palaeontographica Abteilung A. Band A175: 107–139. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
3. Arratia, G. (2008). "The varasichthyid and other crossognathiform fishes, and the Break-up of
Pangaea" (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249552179). Geological Society,
London, Special Publications. 295 (1): 71–92. Bibcode:2008GSLSP.295...71A (https://ui.ads
abs.harvard.edu/abs/2008GSLSP.295...71A). doi:10.1144/SP295.6 (https://doi.org/10.1144%
2FSP295.6). S2CID 128580667 (https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:128580667).
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