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Wardichthys

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Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes

Wardichthys
Temporal range: Tournaisian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Palaeonisciformes
Genus: Wardichthys
Traquair, 1875

Wardichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.

It was named in honour of the fossil collector John Ward (1837-1906) of Longton, Staffordshire by Ramsay Heatley Traquair in 1875.

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  2. Woodward, Arthur Smith (1907). "Obituary - John Ward, F.G.S.". Geological Magazine: 141–143.
Actinopterygian genera
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii
Howqualepididae
Mimiidae
Post-Devonian taxa
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Cheirolepis trailli
Post-Devonian taxa
Post-Devonian taxa
Acrolepidae
Aeduellidae
Aesopichthyidae
Amblypteridae
Bobasatraniiformes
Bobasatraniidae
Canobiidae
Discordichthyidae
Eigiliidae
Elonichthyidae
Eurynotiformes
Amphicentridae
Styracopteridae
Eurynotoidiformes
Gonatodidae
Guildayichthyidae
Haplolepidae
Igornichthyidae
Palaeoniscidae
Platysomidae
Ptycholepidae
Pygopteridae
Rhadinichthyidae
Saurichthyiformes
Saurichthyidae
Tarrasiidae
Turseoidae
Uighuroniscidae
Cladistia
Actinopteri
Chondrostei
Neopterygii
Acrolepis gigas

Amblypterus macropterus Birgeria sp. Birgeria sp. Amphicentrum granulosum Mamulichthys ignotus Palaeoniscum freieslebeni

Taxon identifiers
Wardichthys


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