Cladocyclus
Extinct genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cladocyclus (derived from the Greek κλάδος/kládos ("branch") and κύκλος/kýklos ("circle")[1]) is an extinct genus of marine ichthyodectiform fish from the middle Cretaceous. It was a predatory fish of about 1.20 metres (3.9 ft) in length.
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Cladocyclus | |
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Fossil of C. gardneri | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Ichthyodectiformes |
Family: | †Cladocyclidae |
Genus: | †Cladocyclus Agassiz, 1841 |
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