Areyongalepis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Genus: | †Areyongalepis Young, 2000 |
| Species: | †A. oervigi
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| †Areyongalepis oervigi (Young, 1997)[1]
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Areyongalepis is a genus of prehistoric jawless fish that lived during the Ordovician period.
The genus was originally named Areyonga by Australian palaeontologist Gavin C. Young, but it turned out that the name had been preoccupied by Areyonga, a modern genus of wasp.[2] Young therefore renamed the fossil fish Areyongalepis in 2000.[3]
References
- ^ Young, Gavin C. (1997). "Ordovician microvertebrate remains from the Amadeus Basin, central Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (1): 1–25. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10010948.
- ^ Gauld, I.D. (1984). "Subfamily Tersilochinae. In: An Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 895: 304–316.
- ^ Young, Gavin C. (2000). "Areyongalepis, a replacement name for Areyonga Young 1997 (Preoccupied name)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (3): 611. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0611:AARNFA]2.0.CO;2.
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