Daedalichthys

Daedalichthys
Temporal range: Early Triassic (Olenekian)[1]
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Redfieldiiformes
Family: †Redfieldiidae
Genus: †Daedalichthys
Brough, 1931
Species:
†D. formosa
Binomial name
†Daedalichthys formosa
(Broom, 1909)
Synonyms
  • †Dictyopyge formosa Broom, 1909
  • †Daedalichthys higginsi Brough, 1931

Daedalichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.[1][2] 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.[3][4][5]

It was a member of the redfieldiiforms, a group of presumed basal neopterygians that were widespread during the Triassic.[6]

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  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Forey, P.; Gardiner, B. G. (1973). "A NEW DICTYOPYGID FROM THE CAVE SANDSTONE OF LESOTHO, SOUTHERN AFRICA". Palaeontologia Africana. 15: 29–31. ISSN 0078-8554.
  5. ^ 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. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. ISSN 1469-185X. PMID 25431138.
  6. ^ 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. 106 (2): 219–230. doi:10.1007/s00015-013-0125-9. ISSN 1661-8734.