Uarbryichthys

Extinct genus of fishes

Uarbrychthys
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic
Comparison of U. latus (top) and Cavenderichthys talbragarensis (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Macrosemiiformes
Genus:
Uarbryichthys

Wade, 1941
Species
  • U. latus (Wade, 1941)[1]
  • U. incertus (Wade, 1953)[2]

Uarbryichthys is a genus of primitive ginglymodian ray-finned fish from fossil beds near the Talbragar River Bed. The various species were lake-dwelling fish that lived during the Upper Jurassic of Australia, and are closely related to the macrosemiids. The living animal would have had a superficial resemblance to a very small porgie, scup, or sea bream, but with a heterocercal tail fin.

References

  1. ^ Bartram, A. W. H. 1977. The Macrosemiidae, a Mesozoic family of holostean fishes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology series 29:137-234. p. 82
  2. ^ Bartram, A. W. H. 1977. The Macrosemiidae, a Mesozoic family of holostean fishes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology series 29:137-234. p. 71

External links

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Ginglymodi
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Actinopterygii
  • Subclass: Neopterygii
  • Infraclass: Holostei
Actinopterygii
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Lepisosteus platostomus
Taxon identifiers
Uarbryichthys


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