Andinichthyidae

Andinichthyidae is a prehistoric family of catfishes from the Cretaceous to Eocene of South America.[1][2]

Andinichthyidae
Temporal range: Cretaceous–Eocene
Andinichthys, Hoffstetterichthys, and Incaichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: †Andinichthyidae
Gayet, 1988
Genera

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Species

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
  1. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
  2. 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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