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Mesolepis

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Mesolepis
Temporal range: Tournaisian[1]
Mesolepis scalaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Palaeonisciformes
Genus: Mesolepis
Young, 1866
Species
  • Mesolepis arabellae
  • Mesolepis microptera
  • Mesolepis pustulosa
  • Mesolepis scalaris
  • Mesolepis wardi

Mesolepis is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-04-24.