Mesolepis

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Mesolepis
Temporal range: Tournaisian [1]
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Mesolepis scalaris
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Palaeonisciformes
Genus: Mesolepis
Young, 1866

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

References

  1. 1 2 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.