Mesoclupea
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.
| Mesoclupea | |
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| Order: | Ichthyodectiformes |
| Family: | Chuhsiungichthyidae Yabumoto, 1994[2] |
| Genus: | Mesoclupea |
| Species: | M. showchangensis |
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| Mesoclupea showchangensis Ping & Yen 1933 | |
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1β560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- Yabumoto, Yoshitaka (March 30, 1994). "Early Cretaceous Freshwater Fish Fauna in Kyushu, Japan" (PDF). Bulletin of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History. 13: 107β254 [130]. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2015.
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