Spodichthys

Spodichthys
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Family: Tristichopteridae
Genus: Spodichthys
Jarvik, 1985[1]
Species:
S. buetleri
Binomial name
Spodichthys buetleri
Jarvik, 1985[2]

Spodichthys is an extinct monospecific genus of fish that lived in what is now Greenland during the Late Devonian.[1] The type and only species is Spodichthys buetleri.[1]

It was placed into the family Tristichopteridae by U. J. Borgen and H. A. Nakrem in 2016.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Spodichthys in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Spodichthys buetleri in the Paleobiology Database
  3. ^ Borgen, Ulf J.; Nakrem, Hans Arne (2016). Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of osteolepiform fish. Chichester, West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN 9781119286431.