Antofagastaichthys
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Genus: | †Antofagastaichthys Arratia, 1986 |
| Species: | †A. mandibularis
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| †Antofagastaichthys mandibularis Arratia, 1986
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Antofagastaichthys is an extinct genus of
ray-finned fish that lived in what is now Chile during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. It contains one species, A. mandibularis, which is known from several fragmentary specimens discovered in the El Profeta Formation of Antofagasta Province.[2][3]
The relationships of Antofagastaichthys to other fishes is uncertain; it has been compared to both
References
- ^ Sepkoski, J. (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.
- ^ a b Arratia, G. (1986). "New Jurassic fishes (Teleostei) of Cordillera de Domeyko, northern Chile". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 192 (1–3): 75–91.
- S2CID 221751737.