''Zeuchthiscus'' is a genus of prehistoric
ray finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or ho ...
that lived in Australia during the
Early Triassic Period.
It is believed to have been a
nektonic
Nekton or necton (from the ) refers to the actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water. The term was proposed by German biologist Ernst Haeckel to differentiate between the active swimmers in a body of water, and the passive organisms t ...
omnivore
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. Closely related fish had a wide distribution in the
northern hemisphere.
See also
*
List of prehistoric bony fish
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References
External links
A Compendium of Fossil Marine Animal Genera: "Class Osteichthyes"
Perleidiformes
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Early Triassic fish
Prehistoric neopterygii
Prehistoric fish of Australia
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