Biology:Willomorichthys
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Family: | †Willomorichthyidae
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| Genus: | †Willomorichthys Gardiner, 1969
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| †Willomorichthys striatulus Gardiner, 1969
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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
- ↑ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35057&is_real_user=1. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
- ↑ 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
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