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.
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