Koonwarria

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Koonwarria
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Koonwarria manifrons.jpg
Reconstruction of adult and juvenile
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Family: Koonwarriidae
Waldman, 1971
Genus: Koonwarria
Waldman, 1971
Species:
K. manifrons
Binomial name
Koonwarria manifrons
Waldman, 1971

Koonwarria manifrons is an extinct species of ray-finned fish [1] that lived in a polar lake in what is now Koonwarra, Victoria, Australia during the Early Cretaceous epoch. Fossils have been retrieved from the Strzelecki Group. [2]

Koonwarria manifrons shares many anatomical similarities with the family Archaeomaenidae, and is assumed to be descended from the archaeomaenids, but, is regarded as distinct enough to be placed in its own monotypic family, Koonwarriidae. [2]

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References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. 1 2 Waldman, Michael. Fish from the freshwater Lower Cretaceous of Victoria, Australia: with comments on the palaeo-environment. No. 9. Palaeontological Association, 1971.