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Extinct genus of fishes
Cycloptychius
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†Cycloptychius carbonarius
(Huxley) Traquair, 1877
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Other species
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†C. bidens Matveeva, 1958
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†C. concentricus Traquair, 1881
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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.
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See also
References
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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.
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"Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.