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'''''Cooyoo''''' is a primitive ] found in ] strata of ], ]. As with all other ichthyodectids, it was a predator of smaller fish. The type species is ''C. australis'' '''''Cooyoo''''' is a primitive ] found in ] strata of ], ].<ref name=Bart-Less /> As with all other ichthyodectids, it was a predator of smaller fish. The type species is ''C. australis''.<ref name=Bart-Less />


==References== ==References==

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Cooyoo
Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Osteoglossomorpha
Order: Ichthyodectiformes
Family: Ichthyodectidae
Genus: Cooyoo
Bartholomai & Less, 1987
Binomial name
Cooyoo australis
Bartholomai & Less, 1987

Cooyoo is a primitive ichthyodectid found in Lower Cretaceous strata of Queensland, Australia. As with all other ichthyodectids, it was a predator of smaller fish. The type species is C. australis.

References

  1. ^ Bartholomai; Less (1987). "Cretaceous actinopterygian (Class Pisces) Cooyoo australis from Queensland". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.


Taxon identifiers
Cooyoo australis


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