Daedalichthys

Daedalichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch.^[1][2] It contains a single species, D. formosa (=D. higginsi Warren, 1936) from the Olenekian-aged Cynognathus Assemblage Zone of South Africa. It was previously classified in Dictyopyge.^[3][4][5]

Daedalichthys Temporal range: Early Triassic (Olenekian)[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Redfieldiiformes
Family:	†Redfieldiidae
Genus:	†Daedalichthys Brough, 1931
Species:	†D. formosa
Binomial name
†Daedalichthys formosa (Broom, 1909)
Synonyms
†Dictyopyge formosa Broom, 1909 †Daedalichthys higginsi Brough, 1931

It was a member of the redfieldiiforms, a group of presumed basal neopterygians that were widespread during the Triassic.^[6]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish