Notogoneus

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Notogoneus
Temporal range: Late Santonian to Wasatchian
Notogoneus osculus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gonorynchiformes
Family: Gonorynchidae
Genus: Notogoneus
Cope, 1885
Type species
Notogoneus osculus
Cope, 1885
Species
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Adult Notogoneus osculus from Fossil Butte National Monument. Specimen is 52 cm long.

Notogoneus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.[1] A trace fossil attributed to Notogoneus osculus has been found in the Green River Formation.[2]

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