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Argillichthys

Argillichthys
Temporal range: Ypresian
Argillichthys toombsi.jpg
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Regan, 1911
Family: Synodontidae
Subfamily: Synodontinae
Genus: Argillichthys
Species: A. toombsi
Binomial name
Argillichthys toombsi
Casier 1966

Argillichthys toombsi is an extinct lizardfish from the Ypresian-aged London Clay Formation from Lower Eocene England. It is known from a skull.

Other notable extinct Cenozoic aulopiforms include:



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