Agecephalichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater "palaeonisciform" ray-finned fish that lived during the Anisian age (Middle Triassic epoch). It contains a single species, A. granulatus from the Hawkesbury Sandstone in what is now New South Wales, Australia.[1][2][3][4]
Agecephalichthys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Palaeonisciformes (?) |
Genus: | †Agecephalichthys Wade, 1935 |
Species: | †A. granulatus
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Binomial name | |
†Agecephalichthys granulatus Wade, 1935
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