Protoclupea
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Genus: | Protoclupea
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Species: | P. chilensis
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Protoclupea Arratia 1975
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Protoclupea is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the Oxfordian to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.[1] Fossils have been found in the Domeyko Range of Antofagasta Region, northern Chile.[2] The genus has been compared with other South American fishes as Luisiella and Varasichthys.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Arratia, 1981, p.112
- ^ Arratia, 1981, p.124
Bibliography
External links
- "Pachycormiformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 11, 2012.