Caruichthys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Platysomiformes |
Family: | † Platysomidae (?) |
Genus: | †
Caruichthys Broom, 1913 |
Species: | †C. ornatus
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Binomial name | |
†Caruichthys ornatus
Broom, 1913
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Caruichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish [2] that lived during the Early Triassic epoch. It contains a single species, Caruichthys ornatus, known from what is now South Africa (Cradock District). It is known from a single specimen, [3] which was collected from the middle Beaufort Series ( Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone) of Doorn River. [1]