Agecephalichthys

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Agecephalichthys
Temporal range: Anisian [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Palaeonisciformes (?)
Genus: Agecephalichthys
Wade, 1935
Species:
A. granulatus
Binomial name
Agecephalichthys granulatus
Wade, 1935

Agecephalichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater "palaeonisciform" ray-finned fish that lived during the Anisian age (Middle Triassic epoch). It contains a single species, A. granulatus from the Hawkesbury Sandstone in what is now New South Wales, Australia. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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