Caruichthys
Extinct genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caruichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish[2] that lived during the Early Triassic epoch. It contains a single species, Caruichthys ornatus, known from what is now South Africa (Cradock District). It is known from a single specimen,[3] which was collected from the middle Beaufort Series (Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone) of Doorn River.[1]
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Caruichthys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Platysomiformes |
Family: | †Platysomidae (?) |
Genus: | †Caruichthys Broom, 1913 |
Species: | †C. ornatus |
Binomial name | |
†Caruichthys ornatus Broom, 1913 | |
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