Guildayichthyiformes

Guildayichthyiformes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Cladistia
Order: Guildayichthyiformes

Lund, 2000

The Guildayichthyiformes is a prehistoric order or marine fish from the Mississippian of Montana.[1] They possess an uncommon mixture of primitive and modern characteristics in their skull bones.[2]

Taxonomy

This order consists of the following genus:[3]

References

  1. Albert, James S.; Johnson, Derek M. (23 November 2011). "Diversity and Evolution of Body Size in Fishes". Evolutionary Biology 39 (3): 324–340. doi:10.1007/s11692-011-9149-0.
  2. "Exquisitely-Preserved Guildayichthys Mississippian Bear Gulch Fish". FossilMall.
  3. Lund, , Geodiversitas, 2000
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