| Tetragonolepis Temporal range:
Rhaetian to Middle
Hettangian
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Ginglymodi |
| Order: | † Semionotiformes |
| Family: | † Semionotidae |
| Genus: | †
Tetragonolepis Bronn, 1830 |
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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 Rhaetian– Hettangian ages (latest Triassic to earliest Jurassic).
References
- ^ 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.
Sources
- In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods by Nicholas C. Fraser and Hans-Dieter Sues
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