Pepemkay
| Pepemkay Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Trachichthyidae |
| Subfamily: | Lissoberycinae |
| Genus: | †Pepemkay Alvarado-Ortega & Than-Marchese, 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Pepemkay maya Alvarado-Ortega & Than-Marchese, 2013 | |
Pepemkay is an extinct genus of lissoberycine trachichthyid fish known from the Late Cretaceous Sierra Madre Formation (Cenomanian stage) of Chiapas State, southern Mexico. It contains a single species, Pepemkay maya.[1]
References
- ↑ Alvarado-Ortega, J. S.; Than-Marchese, B. A. S. (2013). "The first record of a North American Cenomanian Trachichthyidae fish (Acanthomorpha, Acanthopterygii),Pepemkay maya, gen. Et sp. Nov., from El Chango Quarry (Sierra Madre Formation), Chiapas, Mexico". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33: 48. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.712585.
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