Lycopteridae Temporal range:
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Lycoptera species from China | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Cohort: | Osteoglossomorpha |
Order: | † Lycopteriformes |
Family: | †
Lycopteridae Liu, Su, Huang & Chang, 1963 |
Lycopteridae is an extinct family of freshwater osteoglossomorph ray-finned fishes.
These ray-finned fishes were small, often only a finger's length, with small, almost circular scales.
They occurred in East Asian rivers and lakes from the Jurassic to Cretaceous. Fossils of these fishes have been found in China and Japan.
Lycopteridae Temporal range:
| |
---|---|
Lycoptera species from China | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Cohort: | Osteoglossomorpha |
Order: | † Lycopteriformes |
Family: | †
Lycopteridae Liu, Su, Huang & Chang, 1963 |
Lycopteridae is an extinct family of freshwater osteoglossomorph ray-finned fishes.
These ray-finned fishes were small, often only a finger's length, with small, almost circular scales.
They occurred in East Asian rivers and lakes from the Jurassic to Cretaceous. Fossils of these fishes have been found in China and Japan.