†Chongichthys dentatus Arratia 1982 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Teleostei - Chongichthyidae
Full reference: G. Arratia. 1982. Chongichthys dentatus, new genus and species, from the Late Jurassic of Chile (Pisces: Teleostei: Chongichthyidae, new family). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(2):133-149
Belongs to Chongichthys according to G. Arratia 1982
See also Arratia 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LBUCH 021778a, a skeleton (head and part of trunk with muscles, caudal fin missing). Its type locality is Quebrada El Profeta, which is in an Oxfordian marine marl in Chile.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Quebrada El Profeta
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