Biology:Willomorichthys

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Willomorichthys
Temporal range: Visean
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Willomorichthyidae
Genus:
Willomorichthys

Gardiner, 1969
Binomial name
Willomorichthys striatulus
Gardiner, 1969

Willomorichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carboniferous period (Visean age) in what is now South Africa . Fossils were recovered from the Upper Witteberg Series.[2]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35057&is_real_user=1. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012. 
  2. Gardiner, Brian George (1969). "New palaeoniscoid fish from the Witteberg series of South Africa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 48 (4): 423–452. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1969.tb00722.x. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15725736 entry