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Coccolepis
Extinct genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coccolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish in the family Coccolepididae.[2] Originally including most species within the family, it is now restricted to two species from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany.[3] The holotype of C. bucklandi, designated and described by Louis Agassiz, was thought to be lost but was later rediscovered in Neuchâtel.[4]
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Coccolepis bucklandi type specimen | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | †Coccolepididae |
Genus: | †Coccolepis Agassiz, 1843 |
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†Coccolepis bucklandi Agassiz, 1843 | |
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