Cooyoo
| Cooyoo australis Temporal range: Cretaceous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Superorder: | Osteoglossomorpha |
| Order: | Ichthyodectiformes |
| Family: | Ichthyodectidae |
| Genus: | Cooyoo Bartholomai & Less,[1] 1987 |
| Species: | C. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cooyoo australis Bartholomai & Less, 1987 | |
Cooyoo australis is a primitive ichthyodectid found in Cretaceous strata of Queensland, Australia. As with all other ichthyodectids, it was a predator of smaller fish.
References
- ↑ Bartholomai; Less (1987). "Cretaceous actinopterygian (Class Pisces) Cooyoo australis from Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.
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