Austropleuropholis is an extinct genus of freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle Jurassic epoch.[1] It contains a single species, A. lombardi, from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, from the terrestrial/freshwater series of the Stanleyville Formation.[2][3][4]
Austropleuropholis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | †Pleuropholidae |
Genus: | †Austropleuropholis de Saint Seine, 1955 |
Species: | †A. lombardi
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Binomial name | |
†Austropleuropholis lombardi de Saint Seine, 1955
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See also
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