A new genus and species of a holostean belonging to the family Ophiopsidae, Teoichthys kallistos, from the Cretaceous, near Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla

  • Shelton P. Applegate Instituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, 04510 México, D. F.
Keywords: holostean, Teoichthys kallistos, fishes, Cretaceous, Tepexi de Rodríguez, Puebla, Mexico

Abstract

A hitherto unknown fossil fish is described from the middle Cretaceous beds near the town of Tepexi de Rodríguez, State of Puebla. The new genus is related to Ophiopsis and Macrepistius and therefore is placed in the family Ophiopsidae. The fossil fish is from the Tlayua quarry and is known from two specimens.

Published
2019-03-14
Issue
Vol 7 No 2 (1988)
Section
Regular Papers

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