Wadeichthys

Wadeichthys oxyops is an extinct archaeomaenid bony fish from the Koonwarra Lake fauna of Lower Cretaceous Victoria, Australia. If the related pachycormiform Koonwarria is regarded as being in a different family, then W. oxyops is the only known Cretaceous-aged archaeomaenid.

Wadeichthys
Temporal range: Lower Cretacetous
W. oxyops and Koonwarria
Scientific classification
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Wadeichthys
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W. oxyops
Binomial name
Wadeichthys oxyops
Waldman, 1971

See also

  • Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database
  • "Pachycormiformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 11, 2012.


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