Chrotichthys

Chrotichthys; Temporal range: Anisian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Perleidiformes
Genus:	†Chrotichthys; Wade, 1940
Species:	†C. gregarius
Binomial name
	†Chrotichthys gregarius; (Woodward, 1890)
Synonyms
	†Pholidophorus gregarius Woodward, 1890;

Chrotichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived in the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.^[2]^[3] It contains a single species, C. gregarius, known from the Terrigal Formation of New South Wales, Australia.^[1]

Initially considered the earliest known representative of the "pholidophorid" fishes (as Pholidophorus gregarius), it is now generally considered a perleidiform.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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^ Wade, Robert Thompson; Wade, Robert Thompson (1940-04-12). "The Triassic fishes of Gosford, New South Wales". Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 73 (4): 206––217. doi:10.5962/p.360274.
^ Arratia, Gloria (2013). "Morphology, Taxonomy, and Phylogeny of Triassic Pholidophorid Fishes (actinopterygii, Teleostei)". Memoir (Society of Vertebrate Paleontology). 13: 1–138. ISSN 1062-161X.
^ Berrell, Rodney W.; Boisvert, Catherine; Trinajstic, Kate; Siversson, Mikael; Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús; Cavin, Lionel; Salisbury, Steven W.; Kemp, Anne (2020-04-02). "A review of Australia's Mesozoic fishes". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 44 (2): 286–311. doi:10.1080/03115518.2019.1701078. ISSN 0311-5518.