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Oreochima Temporal range: Early Jurassic |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Pachycormiformes |
| Family: | †Archaeomaenidae |
| Genus: | †Oreochima |
| Species: | †O. ellioti |
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Oreochima ellioti Schaeffer & Elliot, 1972 |
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Oreochima ellioti is an archaeomaenid pachycormiform fish from Lower Jurassic-aged freshwater strata of Antarctica. Fossils come from the Lower Jurassic of Storm Peak, Antarctica, where a freshwater lake system once existed.O. ellioti is also notable for being one of three archaeomaenid genera found outside of Australia.