Drydenius is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish known from the early-mid Carboniferous of the United Kingdom.[1] It is one of a number of early fish genera long placed in the likely paraphyletic order Palaeonisciformes, potentially within the family Gonatodidae.[2][3]
It contains the following species:[1]
- D. insignis Traquair, 1890 – Serpukhovian of Scotland (Limestone Coal Formation)
- D. molyneuxi (Traquair, 1888) (type species) – Late Bashkirian (Westphalian) of England and Wales (Pennine Coal Measures) (=Gonatodus molyneuxi Traquair, 1888)
References
- ^ a b “PBDB Taxon”. paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- ^ GARDINER, BRIAN G.; SCHAEFFER, BOBB; MASSERIE, JUDY A. (2005-08-01). “A review of the lower actinopterygian phylogeny”. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 144 (4): 511–525. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00181.x. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ Bakaev, Aleksandr; Kogan, Ilja (2026-05-13). “A New Genus and Species of Basal Actinopterygian Fish (Osteichthyes) from the Permian of European Russia”. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 132 (2) 30634. Bibcode:2026RIPS..13230634B. doi:10.54103/2039-4942/30634. ISSN 2039-4942.
