Gonatodus
Appearance
Gonatodus Temporal range:
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Fossil of Gonatodus brainerdi in the Field Museum of Natural History. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Elonichthyiformes |
Family: | †Elonichthyidae |
Genus: | †Gonatodus Traquair, 1877 |
Gonatodus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.[1] It is a member of the family Elonichthyidae.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.