''Notogoneus'' is an
extinct
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genus
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of prehistoric
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
.
A
trace fossil
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attributed to ''Notogoneus osculus'' has been found in the
Green River Formation
The Green River Formation is an Eocene geologic formation that records the sedimentation in a group of intermountain lakes in three basins along the present-day Green River (Colorado River), Green River in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah. The sedimen ...
.
Species
*†''Notogoneus cuvieri''
(Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Spending his early life in Switzerland, he recei ...
, 1844)
*†''Notogoneus gracilis''
Sytchevskaya, 1986
*†''Notogoneus janeti''
Priem, 1908
*†''Notogoneus longiceps''
von Meyer
Meyer is a German surname, often but not always used with the Nobiliary particle "von" (of). Notable people sharing this surname include:
* Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer (1801–1869), German palaeontologist, see m:de:Hermann von Meyer
* ...
, 1848
*†''Notogoneus maarvelis''
Grande, 2022
*†''Notogoneus montanensis''
Grande and Grande, 1999
*†''Notogoneus osculus''
Cope, 1885
*†''Notogoneus parvus''
Hills, 1934
*†''Notogoneus squamosseus''
Blainville, 1818
See also
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Prehistoric fish
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Prehistoric fish are 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 Quaternary. The study of prehistoric fish is ...
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List of prehistoric bony fish
This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class Osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includ ...
References
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Gonorynchidae
Prehistoric fish of North America
Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
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