Biology:Illiniichthys
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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| Genus: | †Illiniichthys Schultze & Bardack, 1987
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| †Illiniichthys cozarti Schultze & Bardack, 1987
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Illiniichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the late Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian epoch in what is now Illinois, United States.[3][1] Fossils were collected from the Mazon Creek fossil beds. The genus is named after the Illini Native American tribe.[3]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35057&is_real_user=1. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. doi:10.1080/02724634.1987.10011635. Bibcode: 1987JVPal...7....1S.
Wikidata ☰ Q5999248 entry
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