Caruichthys

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Caruichthys
Temporal range: Early Triassic [1]
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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

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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References

  1. 1 2 Brinkmann, Winand; Romano, Carlo; Bucher, Hugo; Ware, David; Jenks, Jim (2010). "Palaeobiogeography and stratigraphy of advanced gnathostomian fishes (Chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes) in the Early Triassic and from selected Anisian localities (Report 1863–2009)" (PDF). Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie, Teil II. 2009: 765–812..
  2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  3. Broom, Robert (1913). "On some fishes from the Lower and Middle Karroo, S. Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. 12: 1–5.