Watsonichthys
Extinct genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Watsonichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian age (Mississippian, Carboniferous) to possibly the Asselian age (Cisuralian/lower Permian) in what is now Europe (Scotland, Germany, Czech Republic) and possibly Namibia.[2][3] It is named after David Meredith Seares Watson.
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Genus: | †Watsonichthys Aldinger, 1937 |
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†Elonichthys pectinatus Traquair, 1877 | |
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