Rhinconichthys

<i>Rhinconichthys</i>

Rhinconichthys

Extinct genus of fishes

Rhinconichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish which existed during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.[2]

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Along with its close cousins the great-white-shark-sized or larger Bonnerichthys and the immense Leedsichthys, Rhinconichthys forms a line of giant filter-feeding bony pachycormid fish that swam the Jurassic and Cretaceous seas for over 100 million years.

Description

Rhinconichthys was a medium-sized fish. R.uyenoi grew to around 3.4–4.5 metres (11–15 ft) long, while R.purgatoriensis was much smaller, around 2–2.7 metres (6.6–8.9 ft) long.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Bruce Schumacher; Kenshu Shimada; Jeff Liston; Anthony Maltese (2016). "Highly specialized suspension-feeding bony fish Rhinconichthys (Actinopterygii: Pachycormiformes) from the mid-Cretaceous of the United States, England, and Japan". Cretaceous Research. 61: 71–85. Bibcode:2016CrRes..61...71S. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.017.
  2. [2]
    Matt Friedman; Kenshu Shimada; Larry D. Martin; Michael J. Everhart; Jeff Liston; Anthony Maltese & Michael Triebold (2010). "100-million-year dynasty of giant planktivorous bony fishes in the Mesozoic seas" (PDF). Science. 327 (5968): 990–993. Bibcode:2010Sci...327..990F. doi:10.1126/science.1184743. PMID 20167784. S2CID 206524637.


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