Brychaetus

Brychaetus
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
Platops

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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Frickhinger, Karl Albert (1995). Fossil Atlas: Fishes. Trans. Dr. R.P.S. Jefferies. Blacksburg, Virginia: Tetra Press.
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