Chalcidichthys

Chalcidichthys
Temporal range: Upper Miocene[1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Caristiidae
Genus: †Chalcidichthys
David, 1943
Species:
†C. malacapterygius
Binomial name
†Chalcidichthys malacapterygius
David, 1943

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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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  4. ^ 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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