Mesoclupea
Extinct genus of fishes
Mesoclupea Temporal range: Early Cretaceous[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Ichthyodectiformes |
Family: | †Chuhsiungichthyidae |
Genus: | †Mesoclupea Ping & Yen, 1933 |
Species: | †M. showchangensis |
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†Mesoclupea showchangensis Ping & Yen, 1933 |
Mesoclupea showchangensis is an extinct ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish that lived in freshwater environments in what is now China during the Early Cretaceous epoch. It differs from its sister genus, Chuhsiungichthys, primarily by having a more posteriorly-placed dorsal fin.
See also
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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Teleostei sensu de Pinna, 1996 (= Teleosteomorpha)
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