Martillichthys
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| Martillichthys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pachycormiformes |
| Family: | †Pachycormidae |
| Genus: | †Martillichthys Liston 2008 |
| Type species | |
| Martillichthys renwickae Liston 2008
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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.