Guntherichthys
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Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
For the extant genus of viviparous brotula, see Gunterichthys.
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Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Genus: | †Guntherichthys Mickle, 2011 |
Type species | |
†Guntherichthys lehiensis Mickle, 2011
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Guntherichthys is a genus of extinct ray-finned fish that lived during the late Mississippian/early Pennsylvanian in what is now Utah, United States. Fossils were recovered from the Manning Canyon Shale. The genus is named after Lloyd Gunther.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ Mickle, Kathryn E. (2011). "The early actinopterygian fauna of the Manning Canyon Shale Formation (upper Mississippian, lower Pennsylvanian) of Utah, U.S.A." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (5): 962–980. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31..962M. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.595622. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 129224357.
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