Nematoptychius
| Nematoptychius Temporal range:
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| fossil of Nematoptychius greenocki | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
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| Genus: | †Nematoptychius Traquair, 1875
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| Binomial name | |
| †Nematoptychius greenocki (Traquair, 1866)
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| Type species | |
| †Pygopterus greenocki Traquair, 1866
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Nematoptychius is an
epoch (Early Carboniferous) to the Bashkirian age of the Pennsylvanian epoch (Late Carboniferous) in what is now Scotland, Belgium and France.[3]
Its type species, Nematoptychius greenocki, was first described as Pygopterus greenocki by Ramsay Traquair.[1]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ^ ISBN 978-3-89937-272-4.
- ^ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.