| Guildayichthys | |
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| Fossil of Guildayichthys at the Royal Ontario Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Guildayichthyiformes |
| Family: | †Guildayichthyidae |
| Genus: | †Guildayichthys Lund, 2000 |
| Species: | †G. carnegiei
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| Binomial name | |
| †Guildayichthys carnegiei Lund, 2000
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Guildayichthys is an extinct genus of marine fish that belonged to the order Guildayichthyiformes that lived in Montana during the Mississippian. It is a monospecific genus with the only species in this genus being Guildayichthys carnegiei. It has a highly compressed, discoidal body. It also has short teeth.1
It was named after John Guilday who was a curator at the Fossil Mammals of Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was named after Guilday for his "unique appreciation of the beauty of life".1
References
References
- "(PDF) The new Actinopterygian order Guildayichthyiformes from the Lower Carboniferous of Montana (USA)". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2026-02-13.