Cycloptychius

Cycloptychius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that existed in the Late Devonian epoch and the Carboniferous period in what is now France, Russia and the United Kingdom.[1]

Cycloptychius
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Scientific classification
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Family:
Rhadinichthyidae[1]
Genus:
Cycloptychius

Binomial name
Cycloptychius carbonarius
(Huxley) Traquair, 1877
Other species
  • C. bidens Matveeva, 1958
  • C. concentricus Traquair, 1881

See also

References

  1. Schultze, Hans-Peter; Mickle, Kathryn E.; Poplin, Cecile; Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance (2021). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, 8A. Actinopterygii I. Palaeoniscimorpha, Stem Neopterygii, Chondrostei. München: Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. p. 299. ISBN 978-3-89937-272-4.
  2. "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.


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