Aipichthyoides

Aipichthyoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine bony fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian in what is now the West Bank.^[1][2] Formerly classified in the Polymixiiformes, it is now thought to be a distant relative of oarfish and opahs.

Aipichthyoides Temporal range: Lower Cenomanian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	†Aipichthyoididae
Genus:	†Aipichthyoides Gayet, 1980
Species:	†A. galeatus
Binomial name
†Aipichthyoides galeatus Gayet, 1980

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See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish