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Tetragonolepis

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Tetragonolepis
Temporal range: 203.6–196.5 Ma Rhaetian to Middle Hettangian
Fossil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Dapediiformes
Family: Dapediidae
Genus: Tetragonolepis
Bronn, 1830
Species
  • Tetragonolepis discus
  • Tetragonolepis semicincta

Tetragonolepis (from Greek: τετρα tetra, 'four', Greek: γονή gonḗ, 'angle', and Greek: λεπίς lepis 'scale')[1] is an extinct genus of bony fish belonging to the family Dapediidae that lived during the RhaetianHettangian ages (latest Triassic to earliest Jurassic).

Life restoration

References

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  1. ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 170. Retrieved 1 January 2022.

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