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Pholidophorus
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pholidophorus (from Greek: φολῐ́ς pholis, 'horny scale' and Greek: φέρω phérō, 'to bear')[1] is an extinct genus of stem-teleost fish. Numerous species were assigned to this genus in the past, but only the type species Pholidophorus latiusculus, from the Late Triassic of Europe, is considered to be a valid member of the genus today.[2][3]
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Pholidophorus | |
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Pholidophorus latiusculus fossil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Pholidophoriformes |
Family: | †Pholidophoridae |
Genus: | †Pholidophorus Agassiz, 1832 |
Species: | †P. latiusculus |
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†Pholidophorus latiusculus Agassiz, 1832 | |
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