Candelarialepis
Candelarialepis Temporal range:
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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
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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]
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 (5): 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" (PDF). Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 104: 161–181. doi:10.1007/s00015-011-0055-3. S2CID 129845606.
Categories:
- Early Triassic fish
- Early Triassic animals of North America
- Extinct animals of the United States
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs
- Triassic fish stubs