Mesolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Tournaisian stage of the Mississippian epoch.[1]
| Mesolepis Temporal range:
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| Mesolepis scalaris | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Palaeonisciformes |
| Genus: | †Mesolepis Young, 1866 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
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