Illiniichthys
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Illiniichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the late Moscovian
stage of the Pennsylvanian
epoch.
Moscovian
Moscovian, deriving from Moscow, the capital of Russia, can have the following meanings:*An inhabitant of Moscow.*In stratigraphy:**Moscovian , an ICS stage in the Carboniferous;**Moscovian , a regional stage in the Pleistocene....
stage of the Pennsylvanian
Pennsylvanian
The Pennsylvanian is, in the ICS geologic timescale, the younger of two subperiods of the Carboniferous Period. It lasted from roughly . As with most other geochronologic units, the rock beds that define the Pennsylvanian are well identified, but the exact date of the start and end are uncertain...
epoch.
See also
- Prehistoric fishPrehistoric fishPrehistoric fish refers to early fish that are known only from fossil records. They are the earliest known vertebrates, and include the first and extinct fish that lived through the Cambrian to the Tertiary. The study of prehistoric fish is called paleoichthyology...
- List of prehistoric bony fish