Gonatodus

Gonatodus
Temporal range: Tournaisian[1]
Fossil of Gonatodus brainerdi in the Field Museum of Natural History.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Palaeonisciformes
Family: †Elonichthyidae
Genus: †Gonatodus
Traquair, 1877

Gonatodus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.[1] It is a member of the family Elonichthyidae.

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.


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