Dwykia

Dwykia (named after the overlying Dwyka Group) is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the early Carboniferous period (Tournaisian age) in what is now South Africa.^[1] It contains a single species, D. analensis from the Waaipoort Formation of the Upper Witteberg Series.^[2][3] It is one of a number of early fish genera long placed in the likely paraphyletic order Palaeonisciformes.^[4]

Dwykia Temporal range: Tournaisian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	†Dwykiidae Gardiner, 1969
Genus:	†Dwykia Gardiner, 1969
Species:	†D. analensis
Binomial name
†Dwykia analensis Gardiner, 1969

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish