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Elonichthys

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Elonichthys
Temporal range: CarboniferousPermian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Palaeonisciformes
Family: Elonichthyidae
Genus: Elonichthys
Giebel, 1848
Type species
Elonichthys germari
Giebel, 1848

Elonichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.[1][2] The genus is represented by several species from Carboniferous and Permian of Europe, Greenland, South Africa, and North America.[2]

Species

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  • Elonichthys aitkeni
  • Elonichthys bucklandi
  • Elonichthys disjunctus
  • Elonichthys egertoni
  • Elonichthys germari
  • Elonichthys gigas
  • Elonichthys hypsilepus
  • Elonichthys macropterus
  • Elonichthys peltigerus
  • Elonichthys perpennatus
  • Elonichthys portlocki
  • Elonichthys pulcherrimus
  • Elonichthys punctatus
  • Elonichthys robisoni
  • Elonichthys semistriatus
  • Elonichthys serratus
  • Elonichthys striatus
  • Elonichthys whaitsi
Fossil of Elonichthys peltigerus in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
  2. ^ a b c "†Elonichthys Giebel 1848". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.