Gardinerichthys
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Paramblypteriformes |
| Genus: | †Gardinerichthys Heyler, 1976 |
| Type species | |
| †Gardinerichthys latus (Gardiner, 1963)
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Gardinerichthys is an extinct genus of freshwater actinopterygian bony fish from the Cisuralian (early Permian) epoch of Germany (Rhineland-Palatine, Saarland), and the middle Permian of India (Jammu and Kashmir).[1] The type species, G. latus, was discovered in Asselian aged layers (Rotliegend).[1] The genus is named after British palaeontologist and zoologist Brian G. Gardiner (1932–2021), with the second part of the name meaning 'fish' in Greek: ἰχθῦς (ikhthûs).
The type specimen was originally thought to belong to the type species of Amblypterus, A. latus, but a reconstruction by Gardiner in 1963 determined it to be a different fish from Amblypterus. It was described as a new genus in 1976.[2]
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References
- ^ a b Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
- ^ Štamberg, Stanislav (2013-12-31). "New data on the osteology of the actinopterygian fish Amblypterus and the relationship between Amblypterus and Paramblypterus". Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B, Historia Naturalis / Sborník Národního muzea řada B, přírodní vědy: 183–193. doi:10.14446/AMNP.2013.183. ISSN 1804-6479.
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