Nozamichthys
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Nozamichthys 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 first part of the genus name is Mazon spelled backwards, and the second part means 'fish' (Greek: ἰχθῦς ikhthûs).[3]
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Genus: | †Nozamichthys Schultze & Bardack, 1987 |
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†Nozamichthys contorta Schultze & Bardack, 1987 | |
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