Mimipiscis

Mimipiscis Temporal range: early Frasnian, Late Devonian, 385–380  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Mimipiscis and Eusthenopteron skulls, quadratojugal highlighted
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Genus:	† Mimipiscis Choo, 2011
Type species
†Mimipiscis toombsi (Gardiner & Bartram, 1977)
Other species
†M. toombsi(Gardiner & Bartram, 1977) †M. bartramiChoo, 2011
Synonyms
MimiaGardiner & Bartram, 1977

Mimipiscis is a fossil genus of very primitive ray-finned fishes from the Upper Devonian Gneuda and Gogo formations of Western Australia. ^[1]

The genus was initially described by Gardiner & Bartram as Mimia in 1977, a junior homonym of the skipper butterfly genus Mimia , which was already established by Evans in 1953. The name Mimipiscis derives from the Mimi dreamtime beings of Arnhem Land aboriginal folklore, and the Latin piscis, meaning fish. ^[1]

References

1. Choo, Brian (2012). "Revision of the actinopterygian genus Mimipiscis (=Mimia) from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation of Western Australia and the interrelationships of the early Actinopterygii". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 102 (2): 77–104. Bibcode:2012EESTR.102...77C. doi:10.1017/s1755691011011029. hdl: 1885/59192 . S2CID   129324004 . Retrieved 2012-03-29.