Koonwarria

Koonwarria; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
	Reconstruction of adult and juvenile
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Family:	†Koonwarriidae; Waldman, 1971
Genus:	†Koonwarria; Waldman, 1971
Species:	†K. manifrons
Binomial name
	†Koonwarria manifrons; Waldman, 1971

Koonwarria manifrons is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish^[1] that lived in a polar lake in what is now Koonwarra, Victoria, Australia during the Early Cretaceous epoch. Fossils have been retrieved from the Strzelecki Group.^[2]

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.^[2]

References

^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
^ ^a ^b Waldman, Michael. Fish from the freshwater Lower Cretaceous of Victoria, Australia: with comments on the palaeo-environment. No. 9. Palaeontological Association, 1971. [1]