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Taxonomy from Fossilworks.org. Diagnosis from Lund & Poplin 1997, p. 467: "Wendyichthys with the following characters: dermosphenotic small, lateral to the anterior part of the frontal and with a slight variable contact with the nasal; thin sclerotic boues; two suborbitals not in contact with each other nor with the surrounding bones, occasionally with one additional anamestic element; maxilla with a sharp posteroventral angle; one row of marginal teeth; operculum in tight contact with suboperculum; 12—13 branchiostegal rays; presence of an extralateral gular on each side of the median gular; six to eight ridge scales midway between the skull and the dorsal fin; three to four ridge scales immediate in front of dorsal fin origin. For meristics and morphometrics see Table 1." Line drawing from Lund & Poplin 1997, p. 472: Identified by oilshale using Lund & Poplin 1997. References: Lund R. & Poplin C. 1997. — The Rhadinichthyids (Palaeoniscoid, Actinopterygians) from the Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana (USA, Lower Carboniferous). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17: 466-486.
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Wendyichthys lautreci Lund & Poplin 1997 Lower Carboniferous Serpukhovian Heath Shale Formation Bear Gulch Montana USA- 1 comment
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- bear gulch
- carboniferous
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