Nematoptychius
Sign in to saveNematoptychius is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived from the Visean age of the Mississippian epoch (Early Carboniferous) to the Bashkirian age of the Pennsylvanian epoch (Late Carboniferous) in what is now Scotland, Belgium and France. left|thumb|Fossil skull of N. greenocki Its type species, Nematoptychius greenocki, was first described as Pygopterus greenocki by Ramsay Traquair.
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- Parent taxon
- Palaeonisciformes
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Nematoptychius
- start time
- 359000000-
- end time
- 345000000-
- Commons category
- Nematoptychius fossils
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Nematoptychius is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived from the Visean age of the Mississippian epoch (Early Carboniferous) to the Bashkirian age of the Pennsylvanian epoch (Late Carboniferous) in what is now Scotland, Belgium and France. left|thumb|Fossil skull of N. greenocki Its type species, Nematoptychius greenocki, was first described as Pygopterus greenocki by Ramsay Traquair.
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