Biology:Protoclupea
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Short description: Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Crossognathiformes/? |
| Family: | †Varasichthyidae |
| Genus: | †Protoclupea Arratia et al., 1975 |
| Species: | †P. chilensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Protoclupea chilensis Arratia et al., 1975
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Protoclupea is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived from the Oxfordian to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.[1] It contains one species, Protoclupea chilensis, fossils of which have been found in the Domeyko Range of Antofagasta Region, northern Chile .[2] The genus has been placed in the family Varasichthyidae together with the genera Bobbichthys, Domeykos, Luisichthys and Varasichthys.[3]
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ Arratia, Gloria (1981). "Varasichthys ariasi n. gen. et sp. from the Upper Jurassic of Chile (Pisces, Teleostei, Varasichthyidae n. fam.)". Palaeontographica Abteilung A Band A175: 107–139. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258820698. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ↑ Arratia, G. (2008). "The varasichthyid and other crossognathiform fishes, and the Break-up of Pangaea". Geological Society, London, Special Publications 295 (1): 71–92. doi:10.1144/SP295.6. Bibcode: 2008GSLSP.295...71A. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249552179.
Wikidata ☰ Q7251913 entry
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