Archichthys
Genus of fishes
Archichthys Temporal range: Carboniferous | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sarcopterygii |
Family: | Rhizodontidae |
Genus: | Archichthys Hancock and Atthey, 1870 |
Species: | A. portlockii Portlock, 1843 |
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Archichthys is a genus of rhizodont lobe-finned fish that lived throughout the Carboniferous period. Fossils have been found in Northern Ireland and England.[1]
References
- ^ Jeffery, Jonathan E. (2006). "The Carboniferous fish genera Strepsodus and Archichthys (Sarcopterygii: Rhizodontida): Clarifying 150 years of confusion". Palaeontology. 49 (1): 113–132. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00531.x.
External links
- Fossil specimen: NEWHM NEWHM: G59.64 d – Holotype
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