Petalopteryx is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch.[1]
Petalopteryx Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Ginglymodi |
Order: | †Semionotiformes |
Family: | †Macrosemiidae |
Genus: | †Petalopteryx Pictet, 1850 |
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edit- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.