Biology:Tetragonolepis

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Tetragonolepis
Temporal range: 203.6–196.5 Ma
Rhaetian to Middle Hettangian
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Tetragonolepis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: Semionotiformes
Family: Semionotidae
Genus: Tetragonolepis
Bronn, 1830
Species
  • Tetragonolepis discus
  • Tetragonolepis semicincta

Tetragonolepis (from Greek: τετρα tetra, 'four', Greek: γονή gonḗ, 'angle', and Greek: λεπίς lepis 'scale')[1] is an extinct genus of bony fish belonging to the Semionotiformes family Semionotidae.

References

  1. Roberts, George (1839) (in English). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 170. https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog. Retrieved 1 January 2022. 

Sources

  • In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods by Nicholas C. Fraser and Hans-Dieter Sues

Wikidata ☰ Q7706500 entry