Extinct genus of fishes
Martillichthys is an extinct genus of pachycormiform fish, known from the late Middle Jurassic (Callovian) Oxford Clay, England. It is a member of the suspension feeding clade within the Pachycormiformes, most closely related to Asthenocormus.[1][2]
References
- ^ LISTON, J. J. 2008. A review of the characters of the edentulous pachycormiforms Leedsichthys, Asthenocormus and Martillichthys nov. gen. 181–198. In ARRATIA, G., SCHULTZE, H. P. and WILSON, M. V. H. (eds). Mesozoic Fishes 4 – Homology and phylogeny. Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil, Munich, 502 pp
- ^ Dobson, Claire; Giles, Sam; Johanson, Zerina; Liston, Jeff; Friedman, Matt (February 2021). Cavin, Lionel (ed.). "Cranial osteology of the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) Martillichthys renwickae (Neopterygii, Pachycormiformes) with comments on the evolution and ecology of edentulous pachycormiforms". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (1): 111–136. doi:10.1002/spp2.1276. hdl:2027.42/167090. ISSN 2056-2799. S2CID 202919395.