Mesoclupea

Mesoclupea; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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 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.

References

Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
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]. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2015.

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[sepkoskidb-1] Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.

[Yabumoto-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]. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 20, 2015.

Mesoclupea

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