Corunegenys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Triassic epoch near what is now Bowral in New South Wales, Australia. It contains a single species, C. bowralensis.[2][3] Some studies suggest that it may be related to Semionotus capensis.[4]

Corunegenys
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: Semionotiformes
Genus: Corunegenys
Wade, 1942[1]
Species:
C. bowralensis
Binomial name
Corunegenys bowralensis
Wade, 1942

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  1. ^ "Corunegenys". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  2. ^ Wade, Robert Thompson (1942). "The Triassic fishes of New South Wales". Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. 75 (4): 144–147. doi:10.5962/p.362008. S2CID 259347721.
  3. ^ Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution (supplementary material)". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. ISSN 1469-185X. PMID 25431138.
  4. ^ Jubb, R. A. (1973). "BRIEF SYNTHESIS OF PRESENT INFORMATION ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND STRATIGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF FOSSIL FISH WITHIN THE STORMBERG SERIES, SOUTH AFRICA". Palaeontologia Africana. 16: 17–23. ISSN 0078-8554.