Gyrolepidoides

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Gyrolepidoides
Temporal range: Late Triassic [1]
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Gyrolepidoides

Cabrera, 1944
Binomial name
Gyrolepidoides cuyanus
Cabrera, 1944

Gyrolepidoides is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Late Triassic epoch in what is now Mendoza, Argentina. [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 López-Arbarello, Adriana; Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Cerdeño, Esperanza (2010). "The Triassic fish faunas of the Cuyana Basin, Western Argentina". Palaeontology. 53 (2): 249–276. Bibcode:2010Palgy..53..249L. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00931.x .
  2. "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  3. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-04-24.