# Graphiurichthys

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|237.0|233.6|Early [Carnian](/source/Carnian)}}
| image = Graphiurichthys (7992604101).jpg
| image_caption = Specimen of ''G. callopterus'', [Natural History Museum, Vienna](/source/Natural_History_Museum%2C_Vienna)
| taxon = Graphiurichthys callopterus
| parent_authority = [White](/source/Errol_White) & [Moy-Thomas](/source/James_Alan_Moy-Thomas), 1937
| authority = ([Kner](/source/Rudolf_Kner), 1866)
| synonyms = * †''Graphiuricthys'' <small>White & Moy-Thomas, 1937</small>
* †''Graphiurus'' <small>Kner, 1866</small>
}}

'''''Graphiurichthys''''' is an extinct genus of marine [coelacanth](/source/coelacanth) known from the [Late Triassic](/source/Late_Triassic) of Europe.<ref name="sepkoskidb">{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |year=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |access-date=2009-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archive-date=2011-07-23 }}</ref> It contains a single species, '''''G. callopterus''''', from the [Carnian](/source/Carnian)-aged [Raibl Formation](/source/Raibl_Formation) of [Austria](/source/Austria).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Christophe Ferrante |first=Rossana Martini |date=2017 |title=Coelacanths from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland and the pace of actinistian evolution |url=http://doi.nrct.go.th/?page=resolve_doi&resolve_doi=10.14456/randk.2017.28 |journal=Research & Knowledge |volume=3 |page=2 |doi=10.14456/RANDK.2017.28}}</ref> It is among the few coelacanths to display expanded fin rays.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ferrante |first1=Christophe |last2=Cavin |first2=Lionel |date=2025-06-06 |title=A deep dive into the coelacanth phylogeny |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=20 |issue=6 |article-number=e0320214 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0320214 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2025PLoSO..2020214F |issn=1932-6203}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Paleontology|Fish}}
* [Prehistoric fish](/source/Prehistoric_fish)
* [List of prehistoric bony fish](/source/List_of_prehistoric_bony_fish)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Actinistia}}
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Category:Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera

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Category:Coelacanths
Category:Late Triassic fish of Europe
Category:Triassic bony fish
Category:Carnian genera
Category:Fossils of Austria
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1937
Category:Taxa named by Errol White
Category:Taxa named by James Alan Moy-Thomas

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