Mesoclupea

Mesoclupea
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ichthyodectiformes
Family: Chuhsiungichthyidae
Yabumoto, 1994[2]
Genus: Mesoclupea
Species: M. showchangensis
Binomial name
Mesoclupea showchangensis
Ping & Yen 1933

Mesoclupea showchangensis is an extinct ichthyodectiform bony 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.

See also

References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. 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].


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