Illiniichthys
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| Genus: | †Illiniichthys Schultze & Bardack, 1987
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| †Illiniichthys cozarti Schultze & Bardack, 1987
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Illiniichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the late Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian epoch in what is now Illinois, United States.[3][1] Fossils were collected from the Mazon Creek fossil beds. The genus is named after the Illini Native American tribe.[3]
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- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
- ^ a b Schultze, H.-P.; Bardack, D. (1987). "Diversity and size changes in palaeonisciform fishes (Actinopterygii, Pisces) from the Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek fauna, Illinois, U.S.A.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 7 (1): 1–23. Bibcode:1987JVPal...7....1S. doi:10.1080/02724634.1987.10011635.
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