Dwykia

Dwykia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carboniferous period (Visean age) in what is now South Africa. Fossils were recovered from the Upper Witteberg Series.[2]

Dwykia
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Scientific classification
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Family:
Dwykiidae
Genus:
Dwykia

Gardiner, 1969
Binomial name
Dwykia analensis
Gardiner, 1969

See also

References

  1. "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
  2. Gardiner, Brian George (1969). "New palaeoniscoid fish from the Witteberg series of South Africa". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 48 (4): 423–452. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1969.tb00722.x.
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