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Koonwarria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Koonwarriidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Pachycormiformes

Species
  
K. manifrons

Koonwarria

Koonwarria manifrons is an extinct prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived in a polar lake in what is now Koonwarra, Victoria, Australia.

Koonwarria manifrons shares many anatomical similarities with the family Archaeomaenidae, and is assumed to be descended from the archaeomaenids, but, is regarded as distinct enough to be placed in its own monotypic family, Koonwarriidae.

References

Koonwarria Wikipedia