Wardichthys
Extinct genus of fishes
Wardichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.[1]
| Wardichthys Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Palaeonisciformes |
| Genus: | †Wardichthys Traquair, 1875 |
It was named in honour of the fossil collector John Ward (1837-1906) of Longton, Staffordshire[2] by Ramsay Heatley Traquair in 1875.
See also
Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 346: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 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.
Error: "Q7969162" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
 | This article about a prehistoric ray-finned fish is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |