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Extinct genus of fishes

Paralepidotus
Temporal range: 247.2–201.6 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N Triassic
Paralepidotus ornatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: Semionotiformes
Family: Callipurbeckiidae
Genus: Paralepidotus
Stolley, 1919

Paralepidotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.

Distribution

Fossil P. ornatus

Fossils of Paralepidotus are found in the Triassic marine strata of Austria, France, Italy, Poland, Saudi Arabia and United States.

See also

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
Ginglymodi
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Ginglymodi
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Ginglymodi
Ginglymodi
Kyphosichthyiformes
Kyphosichthyidae
Lashanichthyidae
Semionotiformes
Callipurbeckiidae
Macrosemiidae
Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotidae
Lepisosteoidei
Obaichthyidae
Lepisosteidae
Incertae sedis
Semionotus elegans

Atractosteus spatula

Lepisosteus platostomus
Taxon identifiers
Paralepidotus


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