Cavenderichthys Explained
Cavenderichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish from the Late Jurassic. It contains a single species, C. talbragarensis from the Talbragar Fish beds of New South Wales, Australia.[1]
Initially considered a basal teleost of uncertain taxonomic identity, it was then placed in the family Luisiellidae, and later as a member of Orthogonikleithridae, alongside Leptolepides, Orthogonikleithrus and Waldmanichthys.[2] [3]
Fossil remains of Cavenderichthys are common in the Talbragar beds, including both full-body fossils and otoliths. Fossil otoliths are found associated with body fossils, isolated on their own, and even preserved within the coprolites of other taxa, suggesting it was an ecologically important genus.[4]
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Notes and References
- Bean . L. B. . 2021 . Revision of the Mesozoic freshwater fish clade Archaeomaenidae . Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology . 45 . 2 . 217–259 . 10.1080/03115518.2021.1937700 . 237518065.
- The leptolepid fish Cavenderichthys talbragarensis (Woodward, 1895) from the Talbragar Fish Bed (Late Jurassic) near Gulgong, New South Wales Western Australian Museum . L. B. Bean. 2024-05-06 . museum.wa.gov.au . en.
- Bean. Lynne B.. Arratia. Gloria. 2020-01-02. Anatomical revision of the Australian teleosts Cavenderichthys talbragarensis and Waldmanichthys koonwarri impacting on previous phylogenetic interpretations of teleostean relationships. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 44. 1. 121–159. 10.1080/03115518.2019.1666921. 0311-5518.
- Schwarzhans . Werner W. . Murphy . Timothy D. . Frese . Michael . 2018-11-02 . Otoliths in situ in the stem teleost Cavenderichthys talbragarensis (Woodward, 1895), otoliths in coprolites, and isolated otoliths from the Upper Jurassic of Talbragar, New South Wales, Australia . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . en . 38 . 6 . e1539740 . 10.1080/02724634.2018.1539740 . 0272-4634. free .
