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Euctenius

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Euctenius
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian, 315 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ "Euctenius ✝". mindat.org. Retrieved 27 August 2023.