Archichthys

Archichthys
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Rhizodontida
Order: †Rhizodontiformes
Family: †Rhizodontidae
Genus: †
Hancock and Atthey, 1870
Type species
†Archichthys portlockii
Portlock, 1843
Synonyms
  • Strepsodus sulcidens Hancock and Atthey, 1870
  • Archichthys sulcidens Hancock and Atthey, 1870

Archichthys is a genus of rhizodont lobe-finned fish that lived throughout the Carboniferous period. Fossils have been found in Northern Ireland and England.[1]

References

  1. ^ Jeffery, Jonathan E. (2006). "The Carboniferous fish genera Strepsodus and Archichthys (Sarcopterygii: Rhizodontida): Clarifying 150 years of confusion". Palaeontology. 49 (1): 113–132. Bibcode:2006Palgy..49..113J. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00531.x.


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