Candelarialepis

Extinct genus of fishes

Candelarialepis
Temporal range: Induan
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Candelarialepis from the Candelaria Formation of Nevada, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Parasemionotiformes
Family: Parasemionotidae
Genus: Candelarialepis
Romano et al., 2019
Type species
Candelarialepis argentus
Romano et al., 2019

Candelarialepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Induan age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Nevada. It contains a single species, C. argentus.[1] It was described from the Candelaria Formation.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Romano, Carlo; López-Arbarello, Adriana; Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Brinkmann, Winand (April 2019). "Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from the Candelaria Hills (Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA)". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (5): 971–1000. Bibcode:2019JPal...93..971R. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.18. S2CID 155564297.
  2. ^ Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Hautmann, Michael; Bucher, Hugo (2011). "Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Candelaria Hills (Nevada, USA) and their significance for palaeobiogeography and palaeoceanography" (PDF). Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 104: 161–181. doi:10.1007/s00015-011-0055-3. S2CID 129845606.
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