| Bullichthys Temporal range:
Albian
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Albuliformes |
| Genus: | †
Bullichthys Mayrinck, Brito & Otero, 2010 |
| Species: | †B. santanensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Bullichthys santanensis Mayrinck, Brito & Otero, 2010
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Bullichthys is an extinct genus of marine albuliform fish which existed in the Romualdo Formation, Brazil during the Early Cretaceous ( Albian) period. The type species is B. santanensis. The genus name references its inflated otic bulla. [1]
It is thought to be one of the most basal members of the order Albuliformes, whose only extant relatives are the bonefish and gissus. [1] [2] At least one study has instead found it to possibly represent a stem- elopiform or even a stem- elopomorph, although most studies continue to recover it as an albuliform. [3] [4]
References
- ^ a b Mayrinck, Diogo; Brito, Paulo M.; Otero, Olga (2010-04-01). "A new albuliform (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation, Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 31 (2): 227–236. Bibcode: 2010CrRes..31..227M. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.11.002. ISSN 0195-6671.
- ^ de Figueiredo, F. J.; Gallo, V.; Leal, M. E. C. (2012-10-01). "Phylogenetic relationships of the elopomorph fish †Paraelops cearensis Silva Santos revisited: Evidence from new specimens". Cretaceous Research. 37: 148–154. Bibcode: 2012CrRes..37..148D. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.012. ISSN 0195-6671.
- ^ Dornburg, Alex; Friedman, Matt; Near, Thomas J. (2015-08-01). "Phylogenetic analysis of molecular and morphological data highlights uncertainty in the relationships of fossil and living species of Elopomorpha (Actinopterygii: Teleostei)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89: 205–218. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.004. ISSN 1055-7903.
- ^ L-Recinos, Marleni; Cantalice, Kleyton M.; Caballero-Viñas, Carmen; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (2023). "A new Mesozoic teleost of the subfamily Albulinae (Albuliformes: Albulidae) highlights the proto-Gulf of Mexico in the early diversification of extant bonefishes". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 21 (1). Bibcode: 2023JSPal..2123797L. doi: 10.1080/14772019.2023.2223797. ISSN 1477-2019.
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