Daedalichthys
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| Daedalichthys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Redfieldiiformes |
| Family: | †Redfieldiidae |
| Genus: | †Daedalichthys Brough, 1931 |
| Species: | †D. formosa |
| Binomial name | |
| †Daedalichthys formosa (Broom, 1909) | |
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Daedalichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.[1][2] It contains a single species, D. formosa (=D. higginsi Warren, 1936) from the Olenekian-aged Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. It was previously classified in Dictyopyge.[3][4][5]
It was a member of the redfieldiiforms, a group of presumed basal neopterygians that were widespread during the Triassic.[6]
