Argillichthys

Argillichthys is an extinct marine lizardfish known from the Lower Eocene. It contains a single species, A. toombsi, from the Ypresian-aged London Clay Formation in England. It is known from a skull. It is thought to be a stem-member of Synodontidae.

See also

Other notable extinct Cenozoic aulopiforms include:

• Alepisaurus paronai, an extinct lancetfish that lived in middle Miocene Piemonte
• Polymerichthys, another extinct alepisauroid from Middle Miocene Japan

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