Mesoclupea Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Ichthyodectiformes |
Family: | †Chuhsiungichthyidae |
Genus: | †Mesoclupea Ping & Yen, 1933 |
Species: | †M. showchangensis
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Binomial name | |
†Mesoclupea showchangensis Ping & Yen, 1933
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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.