Zeuchthiscus

Taxobox
name = "Zeuchthiscus"


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fossil_range = Early Triassic [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
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coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
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pages = p.560
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date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
doi =
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accessdate = 2007-12-25 ]
status_system=iucn3.1
extinct=late Triassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Osteichthyes
subclassis = Actinopterygii
ordo = †Perleidiformes
familia = †Perleididae
subfamilia =
genus = †"Zeuchthiscus"
species = †"Zeuchthiscus"
binomial = †"Zeuchthiscus australis"
binomial_authority = Wade, 1940 [cite web
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title = Nomenclator Zoologicus Record Detail: "Zeuchthiscus".
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url = http://www.ubio.org/NZ/detail.php?uid=232795&d=1
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"Zeuchthiscus" is a genus of prehistoric ray finned fish that lived in Australia [cite web
last = Haraamo
first = Mikko
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title = Mikko's Phylogeny Archive entry on "†Perleidiformes"
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publisher =
date = 1/10/2006
url = http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Actinopterygii/Chondrostei/Perleidiformes.htm
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accessdate = 2007-12-25 ] during the Early Triassic Period [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2007-12-25 ] . It is believed to have been a nektonic omnivore. [cite web
last = Alroy
first = John
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title = The Paleobiology Database entry on "Zeuchthiscus"
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date = 2004-08-17
url = http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35117&is_real_user=0
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accessdate = 2007-12-25 ] Closely related fish had a wide distribution in the northern hemisphere. [cite web
last = Alroy
first = John
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = The Paleobiology Database entry on "↑Perleidiformes"
work =
publisher =
date = 2004-08-17
url = http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35090&is_real_user=1
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accessdate = 2007-12-25 ]

ee also

* List of prehistoric bony fish

References:

External links

* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Actinopterygii/Chondrostei/Perleidiformes.htm Mikko's Phylogeny Archive entry on "†Perleidiformes"]
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35117&is_real_user=0 The Paleobiology Database entry on "Zeuchthiscus"]
* [http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera: "Class Osteichthyes"]