Nozamichthys
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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:†Palaeonisciformes
Genus:†Nozamichthys
Schultze & Bardack, 1987
Schultze & Bardack, 1987
| Nozamichthys Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Palaeonisciformes |
| Genus: | †Nozamichthys Schultze & Bardack, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| †Nozamichthys contorta Schultze & Bardack, 1987 | |
Nozamichthys 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 first part of the genus name is Mazon spelled backwards, and the second part means 'fish' (Greek: ἰχθῦς ikhthûs).[2]
