The first articulated freshwater teleost fish from the Cretaceous of North America

Volume / Part: 29 / 2
Publication Date: June 1986
Page(s): 365 - 371
Authored By: Lance Grande

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Chandlerichthys strickeri n. gen. et sp., represented by two articulated specimens, is described from Middle Cretaceous deposits of the north slope of Alaska. This is the first articulated teleost species positively of Cretaceous age that has been found in freshwater deposits of North America. Although preservation is insufficient to permit detailed morphological description of the skull and caudal skeleton, it appears to be an osteoglossomorph.

Palaeontology - Volume 29 Part 2 Pages 365-371

Palaeontology - Volume 29 Part 2 Pages 365-371

Citations

GRANDE, L. 1986. The first articulated freshwater teleost fish from the Cretaceous of North America. Palaeontology, 29, 2, 365–371.