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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 [3] by Ramsay Heatley Traquair in 1875.
Wardichthys Temporal range:
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Genus: | Wardichthys
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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 [3] by Ramsay Heatley Traquair in 1875.