Candelarialepis
Candelarialepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Induan age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Nevada.[1] It was described from the Candelaria Formation[2].
| Candelarialepis | |
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| Candelarialepis from the Candelaria Formation of Nevada, USA | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Parasemionotiformes |
| Family: | †Parasemionotidae |
| Genus: | †Candelarialepis Romano et al., 2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Candelarialepis argentus Romano et al., 2019 | |
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
- Paleontology in Nevada
References
- Romano, Carlo; López-Arbarello, Adriana; Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Brinkmann, Winand (April 2019). "Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from the Candelaria Hills (Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA)". Journal of Paleontology. 93: 971–1000. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.18.
- Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Hautmann, Michael; Bucher, Hugo (2011). "Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Candelaria Hills (Nevada, USA) and their significance for palaeobiogeography and palaeoceanography". Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 104: 161–181. doi:10.1007/s00015-011-0055-3.
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