Aeduella

A fossil of Aeduella. It resembles a carp in appearance!

Aeduella is an extinct genus of freshwater fish. This fish lived during the Gzhelian and Asselian-Sakmarian ages in what is now France (Auvergne, Burgundy), Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland), Switzerland (Basel-Landschaft, canton of Zürich) and the Czech Republic. It belongs to the family Aeduellidae.

The type and only species is Aeduella blainvillei.

Description

It is a middle-sized fish with a laterally compressed body. Its eyes are very big. In life, it would have looked like a carp. It also has rectangular scales.

Related pages

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. "PERMIAN - Birth of a New World". Issuu. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-02.