Shuleichthys

Shuleichthys brachypteryx is an extinct species of ray-finned fish which existed in China during the Cretaceous period. Fossils of the fish were found in the Aptian Xiagou Formation of the Changma Basin.^[1] It is the only species in the genus Shuleichthys and cannot be placed in any order of the Osteoglossomorpha without making that order paraphyletic.^[1]

Shuleichthys Temporal range: Aptian ~125–113 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Cohort:	Osteoglossomorpha
Genus:	†Shuleichthys Murray et al., 2010
Type species
†Shuleichthys brachypteryx Murray et al., 2010