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Cimolichthys
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| C. nepaholica mount, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Superfamily: | †Cimolichthyoidea |
| Family: | †Cimolichthyidae Goody, 1969 |
| Genus: | †Cimolichthys Leidy, 1857 |
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| †Cimolichthys levesiensis Leidy, 1857
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Cimolichthys (Greek for "chalk fish") is an extinct genus of large predatory marine aulopiform ray-finned fish known worldwide from the Late Cretaceous. It is the only member of the family Cimolichthyidae.[2][3]
- ^ Paleobiology Database
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
- ^ Silva, Hilda M. A; Gallo, Valéria (June 2011). "Taxonomic review and phylogenetic analysis of Enchodontoidei (Teleostei: Aulopiformes)". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 83 (2): 483–511. doi:10.1590/S0001-37652011000200010. PMID 21670874.
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