Biology:Notagogus

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Notagogus
Notagogus denticulatus Ob Jura Painten D Ch1876.jpg
Notagogus denticulatus from the Jurassic (Tithonian) of Painten, Germany
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: Semionotiformes
Family: Macrosemiidae
Genus: Notagogus
Agassiz, 1843

Notagogus (from Greek: νῶτος nôtos, 'back' and Greek: ᾰ̓γωγός agōgós, 'leader')[1] is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish. They can be found in the Solnhofen Plattenkalk.[2]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. Roberts, George (1839) (in English). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 121. https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog. Retrieved 31 December 2021. 
  2. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7062383 entry