Ichthyokentema

Ichthyokentema ("fish-goad") is an extinct genus of stem-teleost fish that lived during the Late Jurassic. It contains one species, I. purbeckensis, which is known from the Purbeck Group of Dorset, England.^[1][2] I. purbeckensis was originally described as a species of Pholidophorus by William Davies in 1887,^[3] but was moved to its own genus by Arthur Smith Woodward in 1941.^[1]

Ichthyokentema Temporal range: Tithonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration of I. purbeckensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Family:	†Ichthyokentemidae
Genus:	†Ichthyokentema Woodward, 1941
Species:	†I. purbeckensis
Binomial name
†Ichthyokentema purbeckensis (Davies, 1887) [originally Pholidophorus]

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• List of prehistoric bony fish genera