Rhinconichthys

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

Rhinconichthys
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
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

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.

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