Andinichthyidae
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| Andinichthyidae | |
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| Andinichthys, Hoffstetterichthys, and Incaichthys | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | †Andinichthyidae Gayet, 1988 |
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Andinichthyidae is a prehistoric family of catfishes from the Cretaceous to Eocene of South America.[1][2]
Species[edit]
The four species in four monotypic genera are:
- Genus Andinichthys Gayet, 1988.
- Andinichthys bolivianensis Gayet, 1988.
- Genus Hoffstetterichthys Gayet, 1990.
- Hoffstetterichthys pucai Gayet, 1990.
- Genus Incaichthys Gayet, 1990.
- Incaichthys suarezi Gayet, 1990.
- Genus Yuskaichthys Bogan, Agnolin & Scanferla, 2018.
- Yuskaichthys eocenicus Bogan, Agnolin & Scanferla, 2018.
References[edit]
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- ^ Sergio Bogan; Federico L. Agnolin; Agustín Scanferla (2018). "A new Andinichthyidae catfish (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes) from the Paleogene of northwestern Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (3): e1449117. doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1449117.
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