Guildayichthys

Guildayichthys
Fossil of Guildayichthys at the Royal Ontario Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Guildayichthyiformes
Family: †Guildayichthyidae
Genus: †Guildayichthys
Lund, 2000
Species:
†G. carnegiei
Binomial name
†Guildayichthys carnegiei
Lund, 2000

Guildayichthys is an extinct genus of marine fish that belonged to the order Guildayichthyiformes that lived in Montana during the Mississippian. It is a monospecific genus with the only species in this genus being Guildayichthys carnegiei. It has a highly compressed, discoidal body. It also has short teeth.[1]

It was named after John Guilday who was a curator at the Fossil Mammals of Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was named after Guilday for his "unique appreciation of the beauty of life".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "(PDF) The new Actinopterygian order Guildayichthyiformes from the Lower Carboniferous of Montana (USA)". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2026-02-13.
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