| Euctenius Temporal range: Pennsylvanian, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | † Eugeneodontida |
| Family: | † Edestidae |
| Genus: | † Euctenius Traquair, 1881 |
| Type species | |
| †Euctenius unilateralis | |
Euctenius is an extinct genus of shark-like eugenodont fish. Fossils of Euctenius have been uncovered in Scotland and England, which date to the Late Carboniferous period. [1]
