Cycloptychius is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that existed in the Late Devonian epoch and the Carboniferous period in what is now France, Russia and the United Kingdom.[1]

Cycloptychius
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Cycloptychius

Binomial name
Cycloptychius carbonarius
(Huxley) Traquair, 1877
Other species
  • C. bidens Matveeva, 1958
  • C. concentricus Traquair, 1881

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c Schultze, Hans-Peter; Mickle, Kathryn E.; Poplin, Cecile; Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance (2021). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, 8A. Actinopterygii I. Palaeoniscimorpha, Stem Neopterygii, Chondrostei. München: Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. p. 299. ISBN 978-3-89937-272-4.
  2. ^ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.