Iniopteryx

Iniopteryx
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian,
Life restoration of a female Iniopteryx sp.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Order: Iniopterygiformes
Family: Iniopterygidae
Genus: Iniopteryx
Zangerl & Case, 1973
Type species
Iniopteryx rushlaui
Zangerl & Case, 1973
Species
  • Iniopteryx tedwhitei Zangerl & Case, 1973

Iniopteryx ("Nape Wing") is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish known from the Pennsylvanian sub-period of the Carboniferous period. Fossils of Iniopteryx are known from the U.S. states of Nebraska and Indiana.