Pentanogmius
Extinct genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pentanogmius is an extinct genus of sail-finned ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now Europe and the United States. Five species are currently recognized, 2 from Cenomanian to Turonian Europe and 3 better known species from Coniacian to Campanian North America. The American species inhabited large areas of the Western Interior Seaway, with fossil finds indicating a range from Texas and Alabama in the south to Manitoba, Canada, in the north.
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Pentanogmius | |
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Artist's impression of P. evolutus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Tselfatiiformes |
Family: | †Plethodidae |
Genus: | †Pentanogmius Taverne, 2000 |
Type species | |
Pentanogmius pentagon (Woodward, 1899) | |
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