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Extinct genus of fishes
Westralichthys is an
extinct
monospecific
genus of
dunkleosteoid from the
Late Devonian : Middle
Famennian stage from
Western Australia . It is estimated to be 3 meters (9.8 ft) long.
[1]
[2]
Phylogeny
Westralichthys belongs to the
superfamily
Dunkleosteoidea , related to the giant
Dunkleosteus .
[3]
[4] The
phylogeny of Westralichthys can be shown in the
cladogram below:
[4]
References
^ Johanson, Zerina (1998-11-25).
"The Upper Devonian fish Bothriolepis (Placodermi: Antiarchi) from near Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia" . Records of the Australian Museum . 50 (3): 315–348.
doi :
10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1289 .
ISSN
0067-1975 .
^ Vickers-Rich, Patricia; University, Monash (1991).
Vertebrate palaeontology of Australasia . Lilydale, Vic: Pioneer Design Studio in cooperation with the Monash University Publications Committee, Melbourne.
ISBN
978-0-909674-36-6 .
^ You-An Zhu; Min Zhu (2013). "A redescription of Kiangyousteus yohii (Arthrodira: Eubrachythoraci) from the Middle Devonian of China, with remarks on the systematics of the Eubrachythoraci".
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 169 (4): 798–819.
doi :
10.1111/zoj12089 .
^
a
b Zhu, You-An; Zhu, Min; Wang, Jun-Qing (1 April 2016).
"Redescription of Yinostius major (Arthrodira: Heterostiidae) from the Lower Devonian of China, and the interrelationships of Brachythoraci" .
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 176 (4): 806–834.
doi :
10.1111/zoj.12356 .
ISSN
0024-4082 .
Westralichthys Westralichthys uwagedensis