Uarbryichthys
Uarbrychthys Temporal range: Upper Jurassic
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Comparison of U. latus (top) and Cavenderichthys talbragarensis (bottom) | |
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Family: | Uarbryichthyidae
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Genus: | Uarbryichthys Wade, 1941
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Uarbryichthys (" Fish") is a genus of primitive ginglymodian ray-finned fish from fossil beds near the Talbragar River Bed. The various species were lake-dwelling fish that lived during the Upper Jurassic of Australia, and are closely related to the macrosemiids. The living animal would have had a superficial resemblance to a very small porgie, or sea bream, but with a heterocercal tail fin.
References[]
- ^ Bartram, A. W. H. 1977. The Macrosemiidae, a Mesozoic family of holostean fishes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology series 29:137-234. p. 82
- ^ Bartram, A. W. H. 1977. The Macrosemiidae, a Mesozoic family of holostean fishes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology series 29:137-234. p. 71
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Categories:
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
- Jurassic bony fish
- Prehistoric fish of Australia
- Macrosemiiformes
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs