Shuleichthys brachypteryx is an extinct species of ray-finned fish which existed in China during the Cretaceous period. Fossils of the fish were found in the Aptian Xiagou Formation of the Changma Basin.[1] It is the only species in the genus Shuleichthys and cannot be placed in any order of the Osteoglossomorpha without making that order paraphyletic.[1]
| Shuleichthys Temporal range: Aptian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Cohort: | Osteoglossomorpha |
| Genus: | †Shuleichthys Murray et al., 2010 |
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| †Shuleichthys brachypteryx Murray et al., 2010
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References
edit- ^ a b Alison M. Murray, Hai-Lu You & Cuo Peng (2010). "A new Cretaceous osteoglossomorph fish from Gansu Province, China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 322–332. Bibcode:2010JVPal..30..322M. doi:10.1080/02724631003621961. S2CID 84159091.
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