Mimipiscis

Mimipiscis
Temporal range: early Frasnian, Late Devonian, 385–380 Ma
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Mimipiscis and Eusthenopteron skulls, quadratojugal highlighted
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Genus: †Mimipiscis
Choo, 2011
Type species
†Mimipiscis toombsi
(Gardiner & Bartram, 1977)
Other species
  • †M. toombsi (Gardiner & Bartram, 1977)
  • †M. bartrami Choo, 2011
Synonyms
  • Mimia Gardiner & Bartram, 1977

Mimipiscis is a fossil genus of very primitive ray-finned fishes from the Upper Devonian Gneuda and Gogo formations of Western Australia.[1]

The genus was initially described by Gardiner & Bartram as Mimia in 1977, a junior homonym of the skipper butterfly genus Mimia, which was already established by Evans in 1953. The name Mimipiscis derives from the Mimi dreamtime beings of Arnhem Land aboriginal folklore, and the Latin piscis, meaning fish.[1]

  1. ^ a b Choo, Brian (2012). "Revision of the actinopterygian genus Mimipiscis (=Mimia) from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation of Western Australia and the interrelationships of the early Actinopterygii". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 102 (2): 77–104. Bibcode:2012EESTR.102...77C. doi:10.1017/s1755691011011029. hdl:1885/59192. S2CID 129324004. Retrieved 2012-03-29.