Wardichthys

Wardichthys
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Palaeonisciformes
Genus: †
Traquair, 1875

Wardichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.[1]

It was named in honour of the fossil collector John Ward (1837-1906) of Longton, Staffordshire[2] by Ramsay Heatley Traquair in 1875.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ R.H. Traquair (April 1875). "On some fossil fishes from the neighbourhood of Edinburgh". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 15 (88): 258–268. doi:10.1080/00222937508681073. ISSN 0374-5481. Wikidata Q134995690.


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