Wardichthys

Wardichthys; Temporal range: Tournaisian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	† Palaeonisciformes
Genus:	† Wardichthys ; Traquair, 1875

Last updated June 22, 2025

Wardichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.^[1]

It was named in honour of the fossil collector John Ward (1837-1906) of Longton, Staffordshire^[2] by Ramsay Heatley Traquair in 1875.^[3]

References

1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
↑ Woodward, Arthur Smith (1907). "Obituary - John Ward, F.G.S.". Geological Magazine : 141–143.
↑ R.H. Traquair (April 1875). "XXXIV.— On some fossil fishes from the neighbourhood of Edinburgh". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 15 (88): 258–268. doi:10.1080/00222937508681073. ISSN 0374-5481. Wikidata Q134995690.

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[sepkoskidb-1] 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.

[Woodward-2] Woodward, Arthur Smith (1907). "Obituary - John Ward, F.G.S.". Geological Magazine : 141–143.

[Traquair,_1875-3] R.H. Traquair (April 1875). "XXXIV.— On some fossil fishes from the neighbourhood of Edinburgh". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 15 (88): 258–268. doi:10.1080/00222937508681073. ISSN 0374-5481. Wikidata Q134995690.

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