Ellimmichthys
| Ellimmichthys Temporal range: | |
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| Illustration of E. goodi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Ellimmichthyiformes |
| Family: | †Paraclupeidae |
| Genus: | †Ellimmichthys Jordan, 1919 |
| Type species | |
| †Diplomystus longicostatus Cope, 1886 | |
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Ellimmichthys is an extinct genus of double-armored herring from the Lower Cretaceous.
Species
[change | change source]- †Ellimmichthys longicostatus (Cope, 1886) (type species)
- †Ellimmichthys goodi (Eastman, 1912)
- †Ellimmichthys spinosus de Figuereido & Gallo, 2021
References
[change | change source]- de Figueiredo, Francisco J.; Gallo, Valéria (2021). "Revision of †Ellimmichthys longicostatus (Clupeomorpha: †Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil with comments on the taxonomy of related species". Journal of South American Earth Sciences.