Gillicus

Gillicus
Temporal range:
Fossil
Life restoration of G. arcuatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Ichthyodectiformes
Family: †Saurodontidae
Genus: †Gillicus
Hay, 1898
Species
  • †G. arcuatus
    (Cope, 1875) (type)
  • †G. serridens
    (Woodward, 1901)

Gillicus was a relatively small (about 2 metres (6.6 ft) long) marine ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish that lived in central North America (Western Interior Seaway), Europe and East Asia, from the late Albian to the early Maastrichtian.

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