Cooyoo

Cooyoo australis is a primitive ichthyodectid found in Cretaceous strata of Queensland, Australia. As with all other ichthyodectids, it was a predator of smaller fish.

Cooyoo australis
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification
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Order:
Ichthyodectiformes
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Genus:
Cooyoo

Bartholomai & Less,[1] 1987
Species:
C. australis
Binomial name
Cooyoo australis
Bartholomai & Less, 1987

References

  1. Bartholomai; Less (1987). "Cretaceous actinopterygian (Class Pisces) Cooyoo australis from Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.


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