| Nozamichthys Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 : ἰχθῦςikhthûs). [2]