Mesoclupea
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| Mesoclupea Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Ichthyodectiformes (?) |
| Family: | †Chuhsiungichthyidae |
| Genus: | †Mesoclupea Ping & Yen, 1933 |
| Species: | †M. showchangensis
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| †Mesoclupea showchangensis Ping & Yen, 1933
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Mesoclupea showchangensis is an extinct ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish that lived in freshwater environments in what is now China during the Early Cretaceous epoch. It differs from its sister genus, Chuhsiungichthys, primarily by having a more posteriorly-placed dorsal fin.
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