Guildayichthyidae is a prehistoric family of marine fish from the
Mississippian
Mississippian may refer to:
* Mississippian (geology), a subperiod of the Carboniferous period in the geologic timescale, roughly 360 to 325 million years ago
*Mississippian culture, a culture of Native American mound-builders from 900 to 1500 AD ...
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.
Taxonomy
This family consists of the following genera and species:
* Genus ''
Guildayichthys''
Lund, 2000
** Species ''
Guildayichthys carnegiei''
Lund, 2000
* Genus ''
Discoserra''
Lund, 2000
** Species ''Discoserra pectinodon''
Lund, 2000
References
Guildayichthyiformes,
Prehistoric fish of North America
Prehistoric ray-finned fish families
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