Genus: Netsepoye LUND, 1989
Etymology: Netsepoye, Blackfeet Indian term for their confederay, “people who speak one language”.
Species: hawesi LUND, 1989
Etymology: In honor of Wiliam Haws, Jr., friend of Lund and cooperating professional collector in the Bear Gulch Limestone.
Holotype: CMNH 46092
Locality: South of Becket, Fergus County, Montana.
Horizon: Bear Gulch Limestone of the Heath Formation, Big Snowy Group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Chesterian, Namuerian E2B, Serpukhovian Epoch, Late Mississippian Subperiod, Early Carboniferous Period.
Material: Small specimen lacking brainzase and posterior fins, in part and counterpart.