Cretatriacanthus

Cretatriacanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish. It contains a single species, C. guidotti.

Cretatriacanthus
Temporal range: Campanian to Maastrichtian, 70 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Tetraodontiformes
Family:
Cretatriacanthidae
Genus:
Cretatriacanthus

Tyler & Sorbini, 1996[1]
Species:
C. guidotti
Binomial name
Cretatriacanthus guidotti
Tyler & Sorbini, 1996[1]

See also
  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References
  1. Tyler, James C.; Sorbini, Lorenzo (1996). "New Superfamily and Three New Families of Tetraodontiform Fishes from the Upper Cretaceous: The Earliest and Most Morphologically Primitive Plectognaths" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 82: 1–59.


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