Wardichthys
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Wardichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.[1]
It was named in honour of the fossil collector John Ward (1837-1906) of Longton, Staffordshire[3] by Ramsay Heatley Traquair in 1875.
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- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ^ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
- ^ Woodward, Arthur Smith (1907). "Obituary - John Ward, F.G.S.". Geological Magazine: 141–143.
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