Brychaetus

Brychaetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Infraphylum:	Gnathostomata
Superclass:	Osteichthyes
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	Osteoglossidae
Genus:	Brychaetus
Species:	B. muelleri
Binomial name
	Brychaetus muelleri; (Agassiz, 1845)
Synonyms
	Pomphractus; Platops

Brychaetus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish, known from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene. It contains a single species, Brychaetus muelleri Its fossils have been found in Europe, North America, and northern Africa. This freshwater fish had very long, blunt teeth.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Frickhinger, Karl Albert (1995). Fossil Atlas: Fishes. Trans. Dr. R.P.S. Jefferies. Blacksburg, Virginia: Tetra Press.

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[frickhinger-1] Frickhinger, Karl Albert (1995). Fossil Atlas: Fishes. Trans. Dr. R.P.S. Jefferies. Blacksburg, Virginia: Tetra Press.

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