Illiniichthys
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Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:†Palaeonisciformes
Genus:†Illiniichthys
Schultze & Bardack, 1987
Schultze & Bardack, 1987
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Palaeonisciformes |
| Genus: | †Illiniichthys Schultze & Bardack, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| †Illiniichthys cozarti Schultze & Bardack, 1987 | |
Illiniichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the late Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian epoch in what is now Illinois, United States.[2][1] Fossils were collected from the Mazon Creek fossil beds. The genus is named after the Illini Native American tribe.[2]
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- 1 2 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. Bibcode:1987JVPal...7....1S. doi:10.1080/02724634.1987.10011635.
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