Corunegenys

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Corunegenys
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: Semionotiformes
Genus: Corunegenys
Wade, 1942[1]
Species:
C. bowralensis
Binomial name
Corunegenys bowralensis
Wade, 1942

Corunegenys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Triassic epoch near what is now Bowral in New South Wales, Australia. It contains a single species, C. bowralensis.[2][3] Some studies suggest that it may be related to Semionotus capensis.[4]

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References

  1. "Corunegenys". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  2. Wade, Robert Thompson (1942). "The Triassic fishes of New South Wales". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 75 (4): 144–147. doi:10.5962/p.362008. S2CID 259347721.
  3. Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution (supplementary material)". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. ISSN 1469-185X. PMID 25431138.
  4. Jubb, R. A. (1973). "BRIEF SYNTHESIS OF PRESENT INFORMATION ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND STRATIGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF FOSSIL FISH WITHIN THE STORMBERG SERIES, SOUTH AFRICA". Palaeontologia Africana. 16: 17–23. ISSN 0078-8554.