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Elonichthys

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Elonichthys
Temporal range: Tournaisian[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Palaeonisciformes
Family:
Elonichthyidae
Genus:
Elonichthys

Giebel, 1848
Fossil of Elonichthys peltigerus in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago

Elonichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
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