Elonichthys Temporal range: | |
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Fossil of Elonichthys sp. from the Permian of Germany | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Elonichthyiformes |
Family: | † Elonichthyidae |
Genus: | † Elonichthys Giebel, 1848 |
Type species | |
†Elonichthys germari Giebel, 1848 | |
Species | |
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Elonichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish known from the late Paleozoic. [1] [2] The genus sensu stricto contains three species known from the latest Carboniferous to the earliest Permian of freshwater ecosystems of Europe, but as a former wastebasket taxon, it contains many more dubiously-classified species from the Carboniferous and Permian of Europe, Greenland, South Africa, and North America. [2] [3]
The following are species within Elonichthys sensu stricto: [2] [3] [4]
The following are more dubious species that were formerly classified into this genus. However, the majority have been found to no longer even be members of Elonichthyidae. [2] [3] [4]
The following other dubious species are also known: