Osteichthyes - Redfieldiiformes

Cala, refers to water for a native population of the Cuyo region western of Argentina; it is an Allentiac voice of the aboriginal Huarpe language; ichthys (Greek) is for fish.

Full reference: S. Gouiric-Cavalli, A.M. Zavattieri, P. Gutierrez, B. Cariglino, and L. Balarino. 2017. Increasing the fish diversity of the Triassic faunas of Gondwana: a new Redfieldiiforme (Actinopterygii) from the Middle Triassic of Argentina and its palaeobiogeographical implications. Papers in Palaeontology 1-23

Parent taxon: Redfieldiiformes according to S. Gouiric-Cavalli et al. 2017

Sister taxon: Brookvaliidae

Subtaxa: Calaichthys tehul

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Type: Calaichthys tehul

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Potrerillos, Formación Cerro de Las Cabras (Triassic of Argentina)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.