Guildayichthyidae

Guildayichthyidae
Temporal range:
Fossil of Discoserra pectinodon
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Guildayichthyiformes
Lund, 2000
Family: Guildayichthyidae
Lund, 2000
Genera

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Guildayichthyidae is a prehistoric family of marine fish from the Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana. It is the only family in the order Guildayichthyiformes. Guildayichthyids possess an uncommon mixture of primitive and modern characteristics in their skull bones.