Wardichthys
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Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Scientific 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.[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]
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ↑ Woodward, Arthur Smith (1907). "Obituary - John Ward, F.G.S.". Geological Magazine: 141–143.
- ↑ R.H. Traquair (April 1875). "XXXIV.— 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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