Mesoclupea

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Mesoclupea
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous [1]
Scientific classification
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Yabumoto, 1994 [2]
Genus:
Mesoclupea
Species:
M. showchangensis
Binomial name
Mesoclupea showchangensis
Ping & Yen 1933

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.

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References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Yabumoto, Yoshitaka (March 30, 1994). "Early Cretaceous Freshwater Fish Fauna in Kyushu, Japan" (PDF). Bulletin of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History. 13: 107–254 [130]. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2015.