Protopsephurus
Extinct genus of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Protopsephurus is an extinct genus of paddlefish containing the single species Protopsephurus liui, known from the Yixian, Jiufotang and Huajiying formations in Liaoning, northern China from the Barremian to Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous period around 125-120 million years ago.[1][2] It is currently the oldest and most basal paddlefish known.
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Protopsephurus | |
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Fossil of P. liui, Tianjin Natural History Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acipenseriformes |
Family: | Polyodontidae |
Subfamily: | †Protopsephurinae |
Genus: | †Protopsephurus Lu, 1994 |
Species: | †P. liui |
Binomial name | |
†Protopsephurus liui Lu, 1994 | |
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