Euctenius
Appearance
Euctenius Temporal range: Pennsylvanian,
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | †Eugeneodontida |
Family: | †Edestidae |
Genus: | †Euctenius Traquair, 1881 |
Type species | |
†Euctenius unilateralis |
Euctenius is an extinct genus of shark-like eugenodont fish. Fossils of Euctenius have been uncovered in Scotland and England, which date to the Late Carboniferous period.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Euctenius ✝". mindat.org. Retrieved 27 August 2023.