Rhinconichthys

Rhinconichthys; Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Pachycormiformes
Family:	†Pachycormidae
Genus:	†Rhinconichthys; Friedman et al., 2010
Species
	†R. taylori Friedman et al., 2010; †R. purgatoirensis Schumacher et al., 2016; †R. uyenoi Schumacher et al., 2016;

Rhinconichthys is an extinct genus of bony fish which existed during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.^[2]

Along with its close cousins the great-white-shark-sized or larger Bonnerichthys and the immense Leedsichthys, Rhinconichthys forms a line of giant filter-feeding bony pachycormid fish that swam the Jurassic and Cretaceous seas for over 100 million years.

Description

Rhinconichthys was a medium-sized fish. R.uyenoi grew to around 3.4–4.5 metres (11–15 ft) long, while R.purgatoriensis was much smaller, around 2–2.7 metres (6.6–8.9 ft) long.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Bruce Schumacher; Kenshu Shimada; Jeff Liston; Anthony Maltese (2016). "Highly specialized suspension-feeding bony fish Rhinconichthys (Actinopterygii: Pachycormiformes) from the mid-Cretaceous of the United States, England, and Japan". Cretaceous Research. 61: 71–85. Bibcode:2016CrRes..61...71S. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.017.
^ Matt Friedman; Kenshu Shimada; Larry D. Martin; Michael J. Everhart; Jeff Liston; Anthony Maltese & Michael Triebold (2010). "100-million-year dynasty of giant planktivorous bony fishes in the Mesozoic seas" (PDF). Science. 327 (5968): 990–993. Bibcode:2010Sci...327..990F. doi:10.1126/science.1184743. PMID 20167784. S2CID 206524637.

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[Schumacher-1] Bruce Schumacher; Kenshu Shimada; Jeff Liston; Anthony Maltese (2016). "Highly specialized suspension-feeding bony fish Rhinconichthys (Actinopterygii: Pachycormiformes) from the mid-Cretaceous of the United States, England, and Japan". Cretaceous Research. 61: 71–85. Bibcode:2016CrRes..61...71S. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.12.017.

[2] Matt Friedman; Kenshu Shimada; Larry D. Martin; Michael J. Everhart; Jeff Liston; Anthony Maltese & Michael Triebold (2010). "100-million-year dynasty of giant planktivorous bony fishes in the Mesozoic seas" (PDF). Science. 327 (5968): 990–993. Bibcode:2010Sci...327..990F. doi:10.1126/science.1184743. PMID 20167784. S2CID 206524637.

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