Whiteichthys

Whiteichthys
Temporal range: Tournaisian[1]
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Whiteichthys

Binomial name
Whiteichthys greenlandicus
Moy-Thomas, 1942

Whiteichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian age of the Mississippian epoch in what is now Greenland.[1]

It is named after Errol Ivor White.

Classification[edit]

Whiteichthys was variably classified in the families Palaeoniscidae, Canobiidae or Whiteichthyidae.[3]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  2. ^ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
  3. ^ Schultze, Hans-Peter; Mickle, Kathryn E.; Poplin, Cecile; Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance (2021). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, 8A. Actinopterygii I. Palaeoniscimorpha, Stem Neopterygii, Chondrostei. Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München. p. 299. ISBN 978-3-89937-272-4.