Uarbryichthys

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Uarbrychthys
Fossil range: Upper Jurassic
Comparison of Leptolepis talbragarensis (top) and Uabryichthys latus (bottom)
Comparison of Leptolepis talbragarensis (top) and Uabryichthys latus (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Uarbryichthyidae
Bartram, 1977[1]
Genus: Uarbryichthys
Wade, 1941
Species
  • U. latus (Wade, 1941)[2]
  • U. incertus (Wade, 1953)[3]

Uarbryichthys ("Uarbry Fish") is a genus of primitive teleost ray-finned fish from fossil beds near the Talbragar River Bed. It was a genus of lake-dwelling fish that lived during the Upper Jurassic. When alive, it would have had a superficial resemblance to a very small porgie, or sea bream, but with a heterocercal tail fin.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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. 204
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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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