Cipactlichthys

Taxonavigation: Neopterygii
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis/Superclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii

Infraclassis: Holostei
Division: Halecomorphi
Genus: †Cipactlichthys

Species: †C. scutatus

Name

†Cipactlichthys Brito & Alvarado-Ortega, 2013

Etymology: Cipactli, named after the Aztec mythological sea monster (part fish and part reptile) plus ichthys, fish in Greek.

Brito, P. M. & Alvarado-Ortega, J., 2013: Cipactlichthys scutatus from the Lower Cretaceous Tlayua Formation of Mexico. PLoS ONE, 8 (9): 0073551. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073551 Reference page.

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