Daedalichthys Explained

Daedalichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.^[1] It contains a single species, D. formosa (=D. higginsi Warren, 1936) from the Olenekian-aged Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. It was previously classified in Dictyopyge.^{[2] [3] [4]}

It was a member of the redfieldiiforms, a group of presumed basal neopterygians that were widespread during the Triassic.^[5]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

Notes and References

1. Web site: PBDB Taxon . 2024-07-28 . paleobiodb.org.
2. Hutchinson . Peter . Hutchinson . Peter . 1973 . A REVISION OF THE REDFIELDIIFORM AND PERLEIDIFORM FISHES FROM THE TRIASSIC OF BEKKERS KRAAL SOUTH AFRICA AND BROOKVALE NEW-SOUTH-WALES . Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology . 22 . 233––254.
3. Forey . P. . Gardiner . B. G. . 1973 . A NEW DICTYOPYGID FROM THE CAVE SANDSTONE OF LESOTHO, SOUTHERN AFRICA . Palaeontologia Africana . en . 15 . 29-31 . 0078-8554.
4. Romano . Carlo . Koot . Martha B. . Kogan . Ilja . Brayard . Arnaud . Minikh . Alla V. . Brinkmann . Winand . Bucher . Hugo . Kriwet . Jürgen . 2016 . Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution (supplementary material) . Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society . 91 . 1 . 106–147 . 10.1111/brv.12161 . 1469-185X . 25431138.
5. Lombardo . Cristina . 2013-11-01 . A new basal actinopterygian fish from the Late Ladinian of Monte San Giorgio (Canton Ticino, Switzerland) . Swiss Journal of Geosciences . en . 106 . 2 . 219–230 . 10.1007/s00015-013-0125-9 . 1661-8734.