Tharrhias
| Tharrhias Temporal range: Aptian
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| Tharrhias araripis fossil in National Museum of Nature and Science | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gonorynchiformes |
| Genus: | † Jordan & Branner, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| †Tharrhias araripis Jordan & Branner, 1908
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Tharrhias is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.[1] The type species T. araripis is named after the Araripe Basin, in which it was found in sediments of the Santana Formation.
Crab prezoea larvae have been found fossilised in the stomach contents of Tharrhias.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ John G. Maisey & Maria da Gloria P. de Carvalho (1995). "First records of fossil sergestid decapods and fossil brachyuran crab larvae (Arthropoda, Crustacea), with remarks on some supposed palaemonid fossils, from the Santana Formation (Aptian-Albian, NE Brazil)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3132): 1–20.