Brychaetus
Brychaetus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
Family: | Osteoglossidae |
Genus: | Brychaetus |
Species: | B. muelleri |
Binomial name | |
Brychaetus muelleri (Agassiz, 1845) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Pomphractus |
Brychaetus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish, known from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene. It contains a single species, Brychaetus muelleri Its fossils have been found in Europe, North America, and northern Africa. This freshwater fish had very long, blunt teeth.[1]
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