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Genus: | †Illiniichthys Schultze & Bardack, 1987 |
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†Illiniichthys cozarti Schultze & Bardack, 1987 |
Illiniichthys 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 genus is named after the Illini Native American tribe.[3]
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