Wadeichthys

Wadeichthys
Temporal range: Lower Cretacetous
W. oxyops and Koonwarria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: †Archaeomaenidae
Genus: †Wadeichthys
Waldman, 1971
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 genus Koonwarria is regarded as being in a different family, then W. oxyops is the only known Cretaceous-aged archaeomaenid from Australia (ignoring the Mongolian Gurvanichthys).

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