Hypsocormus Temporal range:
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Hypsocormus insignis (top) and Hypsocormus posterodorsalis (bottom) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Pachycormiformes |
Family: | †Pachycormidae |
Genus: | †Hypsocormus Wagner, 1863 |
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Hypsocormus (from Greek: ῠ̔́ψος húpsos, 'height' and Greek: κορμός kormós 'timber log') is an extinct genus of pachycormid fish from the Middle to Late Jurassic of Europe. Fossils have been found in Germany, France and the UK.