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Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ichthyokentema ("fish-goad") is an extinct genus of stem-teleost fish that lived during the Late Jurassic. It contains one species, I. purbeckensis, which is known from the Purbeck Group of Dorset, England.[1][2] I. purbeckensis was originally described as a species of Pholidophorus by William Davies in 1887,[3] but was moved to its own genus by Arthur Smith Woodward in 1941.[1]
Ichthyokentema Temporal range: | |
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Life restoration of I. purbeckensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | †Ichthyokentemidae |
Genus: | †Ichthyokentema Woodward, 1941 |
Species: | †I. purbeckensis |
Binomial name | |
†Ichthyokentema purbeckensis (Davies, 1887) [originally Pholidophorus] | |
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