Rhinconichthys

Name: Rhinconichthys.
Phonetic: Rin-kon-ik-fiss.
Named By: Matt Friedman,‭ ‬Kenshu Shimada,‭ ‬Larry D.‭ ‬Martin,‭ ‬Michael J.‭ ‬Everhart,‭ ‬Jeff Liston,‭ ‬Anthony Maltese‭ & ‬Michael Triebold‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Actinopterygii,‭ ‬Pachycormiformes,‭ ‬Pachycormidae.
Species: R.‭ ‬taylori‭ ‬,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬purgatoirensis,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬uyenoi.
Diet: Filter feeder.
Size: R.‭ ‬purgatoirensis about‭ ‬2‭ ‬-‭ ‬2.7‭ ‬meters long.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬uyenoi.‭ ‬about‭ ‬3.4-4.5‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: England.‭ ‬Japan‭ ‬-‭ ‬Mikasa Formation.‭ ‬USA,‭ ‬Colorado‭ ‬-‭ ‬Carlile Shale.
Time period: Turonian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several individuals.




       Rhinconichthys was first named in‭ ‬2010,‭ ‬from fossils that had been discovered in England.‭ ‬Then in‭ ‬2016‭ ‬a description of two new species,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬uyenoi from Japan and R.‭ ‬purgatoirensis from the USA were described,‭ ‬revealing to us that this fish genus potentially had a global distribution.‭ ‬Rhinconichthys is noted for the large hyomandibulae bones which would have allowed this to have had an incredibly wide gape,‭ ‬in turn allowing Rhinconichthys to filter‭ ‬large amounts of plankton from the sea water.
       Rhinconichthys is related to the genera Bonnerichthys and Leedsichthys.

Further reading
- 100-million-year dynasty of giant planktivorous bony fishes in the Mesozoic seas.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Science‭ ‬327‭ (‬5968‭)‬:‭ ‬990‭–‬993.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Matt Friedman,‭ ‬Kenshu Shimada,‭ ‬Larry D.‭ ‬Martin,‭ ‬Michael J.‭ ‬Everhart,‭ ‬Jeff Liston,‭ ‬Anthony Maltese‭ & ‬Michael Triebold‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
-‭ ‬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.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bruce Schumacher,‭ ‬Kenshu Shimada,‭ ‬Jeff Liston,‭ ‬Anthony Maltese‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.



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