Notogoneus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.[1] A trace fossil attributed to Notogoneus osculus has been found in the Green River Formation.[2]

Notogoneus
Temporal range: Late Santonian to Wasatchian
Notogoneus osculus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gonorynchiformes
Family: Gonorynchidae
Genus: Notogoneus
Cope, 1885
Type species
Notogoneus osculus
Cope, 1885
Species
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Adult Notogoneus osculus from Fossil Butte National Monument. Specimen is 52 cm long.

Species

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  • Notogoneus cuvieri (Agassiz, 1844)
  • Notogoneus gracilis Sytchevskaya, 1986
  • Notogoneus janeti Priem, 1908
  • Notogoneus longiceps von Meyer, 1848
  • Notogoneus maarvelis Grande, 2022[3]
  • Notogoneus montanensis Grande and Grande, 1999
  • Notogoneus osculus Cope, 1885
  • Notogoneus parvus Hills, 1934
  • Notogoneus squamosseus Blainville, 1818

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ Martin, Anthony J.; Vazquez-Prokopec, Gonzalo M.; Page, Michael (2010). "First Known Feeding Trace of the Eocene Bottom-Dwelling Fish Notogoneus osculus and Its Paleontological Significance". PLOS ONE. 5 (5): e10420. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...510420M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010420. PMC 2864752. PMID 20463969.
  3. ^ Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H.; Reyes, Alberto V.; Buryak, Serhiy D.; Wolfe, Alexander P.; Siver, Peter A. (July 2022). "A new, Late Cretaceous gonorynchiform fish in the genus †Notogoneus from drill core of crater-lake deposits in a kimberlite maar, Northwest Territories, Canada". Cretaceous Research. 135: 105176. Bibcode:2022CrRes.13505176G. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105176.