Guildayichthyidae Temporal range:
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Fossil of Discoserra pectinodon | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †
Guildayichthyiformes Lund, 2000 |
Family: | †
Guildayichthyidae Lund, 2000 |
Genera | |
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Guildayichthyidae is a prehistoric family of marine fish from the Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana. [1] [2] It is the only family in the order Guildayichthyiformes. Guildayichthyids possess an uncommon mixture of primitive and modern characteristics in their skull bones. [3]
This family consists of the following genera and species: [1]