Ichthyokentema

Ichthyokentema Temporal range: Tithonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration of I. purbeckensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	†Ichthyokentemidae
Genus:	†Ichthyokentema Woodward, 1941
Species:	†I. purbeckensis
Binomial name
†Ichthyokentema purbeckensis (Davies, 1887) [originally Pholidophorus]

Ichthyokentema ("fish-goad") is an extinct genus of stem-teleost fish that lived during the Late Jurassic. It contains one species, I. purbeckensis, which is known from the Purbeck Group of Dorset, England.^[1][2] I. purbeckensis was originally described as a species of Pholidophorus by William Davies in 1887,^[3] but was moved to its own genus by Arthur Smith Woodward in 1941.^[1]

See also

• List of prehistoric bony fish genera

References

1. Woodward, A. S. (1941). "VIII.— The Mesozoic Ganoid Fishes of the Genus Pholidophorus Agassiz". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (44): 88–91. doi:10.1080/03745481.1941.9727955.
2. Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
3. Davies, W. (1887). "I.—On New Species of Pholidophorus from the Purbeck Beds of Dorsetshire". Geological Magazine. 4 (8): 337–339. Bibcode:1887GeoM....4..337D. doi:10.1017/S0016756800193914. S2CID 129013028.