Illiniichthys

Illiniichthys is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the late Moscovian stage of the Pennsylvanian epoch in what is now Illinois, United States.^[2][1] Fossils were collected from the Mazon Creek fossil beds. The genus is named after the Illini Native American tribe.^[2]

Illiniichthys Temporal range: Late Moscovian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Palaeonisciformes
Genus:	†Illiniichthys Schultze & Bardack, 1987
Type species
†Illiniichthys cozarti Schultze & Bardack, 1987