Mimipiscis
| Mimipiscis Temporal range: early Frasnian, Late Devonian, 385–380Ma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Genus: | Mimipiscis Choo 2011 |
| Type species | |
| Mimipiscis toombsi Gardiner & Bartram, 1977 | |
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M. toombsi Gardiner & Bartram, 1977 | |
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Mimipiscis is a fossil genus of very primitive ray-finned fishes from the Upper Devonian Gneudna and Gogo Formations of Western Australia.[1]
The genus was initially described by Gardiner & Bartram as Mimia in 1977, a junior homonym of the skipper butterfly genus Mimia which was already established by Evans in 1953.
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ Choo, Brian (2012). "Revision of the actinopterygian genus Mimipiscis (=Mimia) from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation of Western Australia and the interrelationships of the early Actinopterygii". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102: pp 77–104. doi:10.1017/s1755691011011029. Retrieved 2012-03-29.