Wadeichthys Waldman 1971 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae

Full reference: M. Waldman. 1971. Fish from the freshwater Lower Cretaceous of Victoria, Australia with comments of the palaeo-environment. Special Papers in Palaeontology 9:1-124

Parent taxon: Pholidophoridae according to C. Patterson 1975

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Annaichthys, Archaeomaene, Ceneichthys, Ceramurus, Eopholidophorus, Knerichthys, Lombardichthys, Madariscus, Malingichthys, Neopholidophoropsis, Oreochima, Parapholidophorus, Pholidoctenus, Pholidolepis, Pholidophoretes, Pholidophorinae, Pholidophoroides, Pholidophoropsis, Pholidophorus, Pseudopholidoctenus, Zambellichthys

Subtaxa: Wadeichthys oxyops

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Type: Wadeichthys oxyops

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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