Genus: Rossichthys JOHANSON, JEFFERY, CHALLANDS, PIERCE & CLACK, 2020
Etymology: In reference to the Ross end at Burnmouth, Scotland, and Greek, ichthys, "fish."
Species: clackae JOHANSON, JEFFERY, CHALLANDS, PIERCE & CLACK, 2020
Etymology: In honor of the late Professor Jenny Clack (University of Cambridge), whose contributins to vertebrate paleontology helped to revolutionize our understanding of the fish-tetrapod transition.
Holotype: UMZC 2017.2.483
Locality: Burnmouth, Scotland, Northern United Kingdom.
Horizon: D-C boundary.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Tournaisian Epoch, Early Mississippian Subperiod, Early Carboniferous Period.
Material: A complete humerus.