Luisichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived in what is now Cuba from the Oxfordian to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. It contains one species, Luisichthys vinalesensis.[1][2]

Luisichthys
Temporal range: Oxfordian–Early Tithonian[1]
Life restoration of two individuals
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Crossognathiformes (?)
Family: Varasichthyidae
Genus: Luisichthys
White, 1942
Species:
L. vinalesensis
Binomial name
Luisichthys vinalesensis
White, 1942

References

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  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ Iturralde-Vinent, M.; Ceballos Izquierdo, Y. (2015). "Catalogue of Late Jurassic Vertebrate (pisces, reptilian) Specimens from Western Cuba" (PDF). Paleontología Mexicana. 3 (65): 24–39.