Biology:Watsonichthys

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Watsonichthys
Temporal range: Tournaisian – Asselian?
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Watsonichthys

Aldinger, 1937
Type species
Elonichthys pectinatus
Traquair, 1877
Other species
  • Watsonichthys? aitkeni
  • Watsonichthys? lotzi

Watsonichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian age (Mississippian, Carboniferous) to possibly the Asselian age (Cisuralian/lower Permian) in what is now Europe (Scotland, Germany, Czech Republic) and possibly Namibia.[2][3] It is named after David Meredith Seares Watson.

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. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363: 1–560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 
  3. Schultze, Hans-Peter; Mickle, Kathryn E.; Poplin, Cecile; Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance (2021). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, 8A. Actinopterygii I. Palaeoniscimorpha, Stem Neopterygii, Chondrostei. Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München. pp. 299. ISBN 978-3-89937-272-4. 

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