Extinct genus of fishes
Cycloptychius is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater & marine ray-finned fish that existed throughout much of the Carboniferous period in Eurasia, and possibly into the Early Permian in South Africa.[2][1] It was a member of the Rhadinichthyidae, a family of basal ray-finned fish that was formerly placed in the now-paraphyletic order Palaeonisciformes.[3][4]
It contains the following species:[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Schultze, Hans-Peter; Mickle, Kathryn E.; Poplin, Cecile; Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance (2021). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, 8A. Actinopterygii I. Palaeoniscimorpha, Stem Neopterygii, Chondrostei. München: Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. p. 299. ISBN 978-3-89937-272-4.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- ^ Lund, Richard; Poplin, Cécile (1997-09-04). "The rhadinichthyids (paleoniscoid actinopterygians) from the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana (USA, Lower Carboniferous)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (3): 466–486. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10010996. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ Mickle, Kathryn E. (2012-05-31). Unraveling the Systematics of Palaeoniscoid Fishes--Lower Actinopterygians in Need of a Complete Phylogenetic Revision. University of Kansas (dissertation). p. 488.
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- ^ Evans, F. J. (Fiona Jocelyn) (2005). Taxonomy, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography of some palaeozoic fish of Southern Gondwana (Thesis). Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University.
