Gonatodus
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| Gonatodus Temporal range: | |
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| Life restoration of G. punctatus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Elonichthyiformes |
| Family: | †Elonichthyidae |
| Genus: | †Gonatodus Traquair, 1877 |
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Gonatodus is an extinct genus of freshwater ray-finned fish that lived in Europe during the Viséan stage of the Mississippian epoch.[1][2] It is a member of the family Elonichthyidae.[3]
The following species are known:[2][4][5]
- †G. punctatus (Agassiz, 1835) (type species) - Visean of Scotland (Strathclyde Group, including Gullane Formation) (=Amblypterus punctatus Agassiz, 1835)
- †G. macrolepis Traquair, 1877 - Visean of Scotland (Limestone Coal Formation)
- †G. parvidens Traquair, 1882 - Visean of Scotland (Limestone Coal Formation)
- ?†G. toilliezi de Koninck, 1878 - (Visean of Belgium)
The alleged species G. brainerdi Newberry, 1889 is known from the Famennian of Ohio, US. However, it is almost certainly not a member of this genus.[5]
