Wardichthys

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Wardichthys
Temporal range: Tournaisian [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Palaeonisciformes
Genus: Wardichthys
Traquair, 1875

Wardichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony 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.

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References

  1. 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  2. Woodward, Arthur Smith (1907). "Obituary - John Ward, F.G.S.". Geological Magazine : 141–143.