Biology:Euctenius

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Short description: Extinct genus of shark-like eugenodont fish

Euctenius
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian, 315 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Eugeneodontida
Family: Edestidae
Genus: Euctenius
Traquair, 1881
Type species
Euctenius unilateralis

Euctenius is an extinct genus of shark-like eugenodont fish. Fossils of Euctenius have been uncovered in Scotland and England , which date to the Late Carboniferous period.[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q121890056 entry