Andinichthyidae is a prehistoric family of basal catfishes from the Cretaceous to Eocene of South America.[1][2][3]

Andinichthyidae
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Eocene
Andinichthys, Hoffstetterichthys, and Incaichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Andinichthyidae
Gayet, 1988
Genera

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Species edit

The four species in four monotypic genera are:

References edit

  1. ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  2. ^ Sergio Bogan; Federico L. Agnolin; Agustín Scanferla (2018). "A new Andinichthyidae catfish (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes) from the Paleogene of northwestern Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38 (3): e1449117. Bibcode:2018JVPal..38E9117B. doi:10.1080/02724634.2018.1449117. S2CID 89841371.
  3. ^ Near, Thomas J; Thacker, Christine E (16 September 2023). "Phylogenetic classification of living and fossil ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65. doi:10.5281/zenodo.8352027.