Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Rhadinichthyidae
Synonym: Woodichthys bearsdeni Coates 1998 [replaced name]
Full reference: Y. MO, A. M. CARON, and M. I. 2024. The early actinopterygian genus Rhadinichthys redefined, the type species ornatissimus redescribed, and the species bearsdeni introduced. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 115(3-4):113-129
Belongs to Rhadinichthys according to Y. MO et al. 2024
See also Cloutier and Arratia 2004
Sister taxa: Rhadinichthys alberti, Rhadinichthys angustulus, Rhadinichthys argentinicus, Rhadinichthys athertonensis, Rhadinichthys brevis, Rhadinichthys cairnsii, Rhadinichthys canobiensis, Rhadinichthys carinatus, Rhadinichthys ferox, Rhadinichthys flexuosus, Rhadinichthys formosus, Rhadinichthys glabrolepis, Rhadinichthys gracilis, Rhadinichthys grossarti, Rhadinichthys hancocki, Rhadinichthys hibernicus, Rhadinichthys laevis, Rhadinichthys leidyianus, Rhadinichthys lerichei, Rhadinichthys lineatus, Rhadinichthys macconochiei, Rhadinichthys macconochii, Rhadinichthys macrodon, Rhadinichthys monensis, Rhadinichthys ornatissimus, Rhadinichthys ornatocephalum, Rhadinichthys plumosum, Rhadinichthys renieri, Rhadinichthys rioniger, Rhadinichthys tuberculatus, Rhadinichthys vagus, Rhadinichthys wardi
Ecology: nektonic piscivore-microcarnivore
Distribution: found only at Bearsden locality (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
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