Ridewoodichthys

Taxonavigation: Osteoglossiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohort: Osteoglossocephala Cohort/Superordo: Osteoglossomorpha Ordo: Osteoglossiformes

Familia: Osteoglossidae
Genus: †Ridewoodichthys

Species: †R. caheni

Name

†Ridewoodichthys (Taverne, 1967)

• Type species: †Brychaetus caheni Taverne, 1967

Etymology: After the late English zoologist Walter G. Ridewood (1867-1921) who was the first to provide a good osteological study of the skull in all the Recent families of the superorder Osteoglossomorpha. The Greek word ichthys (= fish) is added to his name.

References

• Taverne, L. 2009. Ridewoodichthys, a new genus for Brychaetus caheni from the marine Paleocene of Cabinda (Africa): re-description and comments on its relationships within the Osteoglossidae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha). Bulletin de l’institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences De La Terre / Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen, Aardwetenschappen 79: 147-153.Reference page.