Paleopsephurus
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Paleopsephurus is an extinct genus of paddlefish (Polyodontidae).[1] At present the genus contains the single species Paleopsephurus wilsoni. The genus is known from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) aged Hell Creek Formation of Montana.
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Paleopsephurus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acipenseriformes |
Family: | Polyodontidae |
Subfamily: | †Paleopsephurinae |
Genus: | †Paleopsephurus MacAlpin, 1947 |
Species: | †P. wilsoni |
Binomial name | |
†Paleopsephurus wilsoni MacAlpin, 1947[1] | |
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