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INIOPTERYX
(in-e-op-teh-riks)
meaning: "Nape wing"
Iniopteryx
Named By: Zangerl & Case in 1973
Time Period: Pennsylvanian
Location: USA, Montana, Ohio
Size: Uncertain
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Chondrichthyes | Holocephali | Iniopterygiformes | Iniopterygidae |
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Iniopteryx ("Nape Wing") is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish. It is from the Pennsylvanian epoch of the Carboniferous period, approximately 300 million years ago. Their fossils have been found in North America, primarily in two states: Ohio and Montana. In general, very little is known about this species.

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