Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Superclass Osteichthyes Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Infraphylum Gnathostomata Class Actinopterygii | |
Similar Sinamia, Lycoptera, Osteoglossomorpha, Holostei | ||
Mesoclupea showchangensis is an extinct ichthyodectiform bony 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.
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