Watsonichthys Temporal range:
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†Watsonichthys Aldinger, 1937
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†Elonichthys pectinatus
Traquair, 1877
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Watsonichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian age ( Mississippian, Carboniferous) to possibly the Asselian age ( Cisuralian/lower Permian) in what is now Europe (Scotland, Germany, Czech Republic) and possibly Namibia. [2] [3] It is named after David Meredith Seares Watson.
Watsonichthys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
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Phylum: | |
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Genus: |
†Watsonichthys Aldinger, 1937
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Type species | |
†Elonichthys pectinatus
Traquair, 1877
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Other species | |
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Watsonichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian age ( Mississippian, Carboniferous) to possibly the Asselian age ( Cisuralian/lower Permian) in what is now Europe (Scotland, Germany, Czech Republic) and possibly Namibia. [2] [3] It is named after David Meredith Seares Watson.