Chongichthys is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Oxfordian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.[1] It contains one species, C. dentatus from the Quebrada El Profeta of Chile.[2] It is named after Chilean geologist Guillermo Chong.[3]

Chongichthys
Temporal range: Oxfordian
~161–155.7 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Crossognathiformes
Family: Chongichthyidae
Arratia, 1982
Genus: Chongichthys
Arratia, 1982
Species:
C. dentatus
Binomial name
Chongichthys dentatus
Arratia, 1982

Its phylogenetic relationships have long been enigmatic, with it initially being classified as an indeterminate teleost, or more specifically an indeterminate clupeocephalan. However, more recent studies have recovered it as a basal crossognathiform. It is one of the earliest crossognathiforms known.[4][5][6]

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  1. ^ 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. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
  3. ^ Arratia, Gloria (1982). "Chongichthys dentatus , new genus and species, from the Late Jurassic of Chile (Pisces: Teleostei: Chongichthyidae, new family)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2 (2): 133–149. Bibcode:1982JVPal...2..133A. doi:10.1080/02724634.1982.10011924. ISSN 0272-4634.
  4. ^ Arratia, Gloria (2008). "The varasichthyid and other crossognathiform fishes, and the Break-up of Pangaea". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 295 (1): 71–92. Bibcode:2008GSLSP.295...71A. doi:10.1144/SP295.6. ISSN 0305-8719.
  5. ^ Arratia, Gloria; Tischlinger, Helmut (2010-08-05). "The first record of Late Jurassic crossognathiform fishes from Europe and their phylogenetic importance for teleostean phylogeny". Fossil Record. 13 (2): 317–341. Bibcode:2010FossR..13..317A. doi:10.1002/mmng.201000005.
  6. ^ Sferco, Emilia; López-Arbarello, Adriana; Báez, Ana María (2015-12-03). "Phylogenetic relationships of †Luisiella feruglioi (Bordas) and the recognition of a new clade of freshwater teleosts from the Jurassic of Gondwana". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15 (1): 268. Bibcode:2015BMCEE..15..268S. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0551-6. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 4668602. PMID 26630925.