Daitingichthys

Daitingichthys ("Daiting fish") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Jurassic period. It contains a single species, D. tischlingeri from the early Tithonian-aged Mörnsheim Formation of the Solnhofen Limestone, Germany.^[1][2][3][4] It is thought to be a stem-elopiform, related to modern ladyfish and tarpons.^[5]

Daitingichthys Temporal range: Early Tithonian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Elopiformes
Genus:	†Daitingichthys Arratia, 1987
Species:	†D. tischlingeri
Binomial name
†Daitingichthys tischlingeri Arratia, 1987