Tlayuamichin, López-Arbarello, Adriana & Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús, 2011

López-Arbarello, Adriana & Alvarado-Ortega, Jesús, 2011, New semionotiform (Neopterygii) from the Tlayúa Quarry (Early Cretaceous, Albian), Mexico, Zootaxa 2749, pp. 1-24 : 4

Tlayuamichin new genus

Lepidotes Applegate, 1996: 531 , fig. 1

Type species. Tlayuamichin itztli gen. et sp. nov. ( Fig. 2 )

Derivation of name. The generic name is written in the Náhuatl language, which is the language of the Mexica people. The Mexica people inhabited the area around the Tlayúa quarry in prehispanic times. The name Tlayuamichin is formed with the words “tlayúa” after the Náhuatl name of the fossil locality, and “michin” that means fish.

Diagnosis. As for the type and only species.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Tlayuamichin itztli gen. et sp. nov. Holotype (IGM 6716) preserved in left lateral view. Standard length of the specimen = 403 mm. Scale bar equals 70 mm.