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Sundayichthys

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Extinct genus of fishes

Sundayichthys Temporal range:Visean PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Palaeonisciformes
Genus:	†Sundayichthys Gardiner, 1969
Type species
Sundayichthys elegantulus Gardiner, 1969

Sundayichthys is anextinct genus of prehistoricbony fish that lived during theCarboniferous period (Visean age) in what is now South Africa. Fossils were recovered from the UpperWitteberg Series.^[1]^[2]

^J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
^Gardiner, Brian George (1969). "New palaeoniscoid fish from the Witteberg series of South Africa".Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.48 (4):423–452.doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1969.tb00722.x.

seeGnathostomata
Actinopterygii	see below↓

†Austelliscus †Cheirolepis †Cuneognathus †Dialipina? †Kentuckia †Krasnoyarichthys †Ligulalepis? †Limnomis †Meemannia †Moythomasia †Naxilepis? †Orvikuina? †Osorioichthys †Palaeoneiros †Pickeringius †Raynerius †Stegotrachelus †Tegeolepis †Terenolepis?
†Howqualepididae	Donnrosenia Howqualepis
†Mimiidae	Gogosardina Mimipiscis
Post-Devonian taxa	see below↓

Dorypterus
Bobasatraniidae	Bobasatrania Ebenaqua Ecrinesomus?

Mesolepis Paramesolepis Proteurynotus Wardichthys
Amphicentridae	Amphicentrum Cheirodopsis Eurynotus
Styracopteridae	Benedenius Fouldenia Styracopterus