Pharmacichthys

Pharmicichthys
Temporal range: Cenomanian
Reconstruction of P. venenifer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Acantopterygii
Order: Acanthomorpha
Rosen, 1973
Family: Pharmacichthyidae
Genus: Pharmacichthys
Woodward, 1942

Pharmacichthys ("poison fish") is a genus of prehistoric, deepbodied fish that was described by Woodward in 1942. Species of Pharmacichthys are known only from marine strata of Cenomanian Lebanon.

References

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35646&is_real_user=1

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