Tahnaichthys

Tahnaichthys
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Pycnodontiformes
Family: †Pycnodontidae
Genus: †
Species:
†T. magnuserrata
Binomial name
†Tahnaichthys magnuserrata
Pacheco-Ordaz et. al., 2025

Tahnaichthys is an extinct genus of pycnodontid that lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.

Distribution

Tahnaichythys magnuserrata is known from the Tlayúa Quarry, a site belonging to the Tlayúa Formation of Puebla, Mexico.[1]

References

  1. ^ Pacheco-Ordaz, Stephanie; Mejía, Omar; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (1 February 2025). "Tahnaichthys magnuserrata gen. and sp. nov., a double-hump pycnodontid (Actinopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) fish from the Albian limestones of the Tlayúa Quarry, Puebla, Mexico". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 152: 105277. Bibcode:2025JSAES.15205277P. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105277. Retrieved 24 March 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.


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