Cretatriacanthus

Cretatriacanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish. It contains a single species, C. guidotti.

Cretatriacanthus Temporal range: Campanian to Maastrichtian, 70 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Tetraodontiformes
Family:	Cretatriacanthidae
Genus:	Cretatriacanthus Tyler & Sorbini, 1996[1]
Species:	C. guidotti
Binomial name
Cretatriacanthus guidotti Tyler & Sorbini, 1996[1]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Tyler, James C.; Sorbini, Lorenzo (1996). "New Superfamily and Three New Families of Tetraodontiform Fishes from the Upper Cretaceous: The Earliest and Most Morphologically Primitive Plectognaths" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 82: 1–59.