Chalcidichthys
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Caristiidae |
| Genus: | †Chalcidichthys David, 1943 |
| Species: | †C. malacapterygius
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| †Chalcidichthys malacapterygius David, 1943
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Chalcidichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric manefish.[1] It contains a single species, C. malacapterygius, that lived during the Upper Miocene of Southern California.[2] It is known from the Modelo Formation in Los Angeles County, and specimens were found during construction of a tunnel on Sepulveda Boulevard.[3][4] It is assumed to have preyed on siphonophores, like its living relatives.
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- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ David, Lore Rose (1943), "Miocene Fishes of Southern California", Geological Society of America Special Papers, Geological Society of America, pp. xiii–xiv, retrieved 2024-05-08
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.
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