Wadeichthys

Wadeichthys
Temporal range: Lower Cretacetous
W. oxyops and Koonwarria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pachycormiformes
Family: Archaeomaenidae
Genus: Wadeichthys
Species: W. oxyops
Binomial name
Wadeichthys oxyops
Waldman, 1971

Wadeichthys oxyops is an extinct archaeomaenid bony fish from the Koonwarra Lake fauna of Lower Cretaceous Victoria, Australia. If the related pachycormiform Koonwarria is regarded as being in a different family, then W. oxyops is the only known Cretaceous-aged archaeomaenid.

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