Chongichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.[1] It contains one species, C. dentatus from the Quebrada El Profeta of Chile.[2] It is named after Chilean geologist Guillermo Chong.[3]
Its phylogenetic relationships have long been enigmatic, with it initially being classified as an indeterminate teleost, or more specifically an indeterminate clupeocephalan. However, more recent studies have recovered it as a basal crossognathiform. It is one of the earliest crossognathiforms known.[4][5][6]
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^Arratia, Gloria; Tischlinger, Helmut (2010-08-05). "The first record of Late Jurassic crossognathiform fishes from Europe and their phylogenetic importance for teleostean phylogeny". Fossil Record. 13 (2): 317–341. Bibcode:2010FossR..13..317A. doi:10.1002/mmng.201000005.
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