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†Gardinerichthys Heyler, 1976
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†Gardinerichthys latus Heyler, 1976
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Gardinerichthys is an extinct genus of freshwater actinopterygian bony fish from the Cisuralian (early Permian) epoch of Germany ( Rhineland-Palatine, Saarland), and the middle Permian of India ( Jammu and Kashmir). [2] The type species, G. latus, was discovered in Asselian aged layers ( Rotliegend). [2]
The genus is named after British palaeontologist and zoologist Brian G. Gardiner (1932–2021), the second part of the name means 'fish' in Greek: ἰχθῦς (ikhthûs).