Holoptychius

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Proper noun

†Holoptychius m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Holoptychiidae – not extant since the Devonian period.
    • 1896. Charles Lyell and John Wesley Judd. The Student's Lyell: A Manual of Elementary Geology., page 389
      ...fish have been found abundantly, and have been referred to Holoptychius nobilissimus...

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