Ranulfoichthys

Ranulfoichthys
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Clupeomorpha
Genus:
Species:
R. dorsonudum
Binomial name
Ranulfoichthys dorsonudum
Alvarado-Ortega, 2014

Ranulfoichthys is an extinct genus of clupeomorph that lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.

Distribution

Ranulfoichthys dorsonudum is known from the Tlayúa Quarry of Puebla, Mexico.[1]

References

  1. ^ Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús (July 2014). "Ancient herring from the Tlayúa Quarry (Cretaceous, Albian) near Tepexi de Rodíguez, Puebla State, central Mexico, closing the gap in the early diversification of Clupeomorpha". Cretaceous Research. 50: 171–186. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.022. Retrieved 13 June 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.