Illiniichthys Temporal range: Late Moscovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Palaeonisciformes |
Genus: | †Illiniichthys Schultze & Bardack, 1987 |
Type species | |
†Illiniichthys cozarti Schultze & Bardack, 1987 |
Illiniichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the late Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian epoch in what is now Illinois, United States. Fossils were collected from the Mazon Creek fossil beds. The genus is named after the Illini Native American tribe.
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Schultze, H.-P.; Bardack, D. (1987). "Diversity and size changes in palaeonisciform fishes (Actinopterygii, Pisces) from the Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek fauna, Illinois, U.S.A.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 7 (1): 1–23. Bibcode:1987JVPal...7....1S. doi:10.1080/02724634.1987.10011635.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Illiniichthys |
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