| Westrichus Temporal range: Asselian
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| A fossil of Westrichus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Acanthodii |
| Order: | †Acanthodiformes |
| Family: | †Acanthodidae |
| Genus: | †Westrichus Heidtke, 2003 |
| Type species | |
| Westrichus kraetschmeri Heidtke, 2003
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| Species | |
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Westrichus is an extinct acanthodian which lived in the Lower Permian of Germany.[1] It contains two species: the type species, Westrichus kraetschmeri, and Westrichus tholeyi, the latter of which was previously assigned to Acanthodes. [2]
- ^ Heidtke, Ulrich H. J. (12 May 2003). "Westrichus kraetschmeri n.g. n.sp., ein weiterer Acanthodier (Pisces: Acanthodii) aus dem Unteren Rotliegend des Saar-Nahe- Beckens (Karbon-Perm-Grenzbereich; SW-Deutschland)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte. 2003 (5): 257–282. doi:10.1127/njgpm/2003/2003/257.
- ^ Heidtke, Ulrich H. J. (2011). "Revision der unterpermischen Acanthodier (Acanthodii: Pisces) des südwestdeutschen Saar-Nahe-Beckens" (PDF). Mitteilungen der Pollichia. 95: 15–41.