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Domeykos

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Domeykos
Temporal range: Oxfordian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Crossognathiformes (?)
Family: Varasichthyidae
Genus: Domeykos
Arratia & Schultze, 1985
Species:
D. profetaensis
Binomial name
Domeykos profetaensis
Arratia & Schultze, 1985

Domeykos is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish that lived in what is now Chile during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. It contains one species, Domeykos profetaensis, known from the Quebrada del Profeta of Antofagasta.[1][2][3]

References

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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 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ Arratia, G. (2008). "The varasichthyid and other crossognathiform fishes, and the Break-up of Pangaea". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 295 (1): 71–92. Bibcode:2008GSLSP.295...71A. doi:10.1144/SP295.6. S2CID 128580667.
  3. ^ "PBDB Collection". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-15.
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