Cleithrolepis
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| Cleithrolepis Temporal range: Early Triassic
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| Genus: | Cleithrolepis Grey Egerton, 1864
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Cleithrolepis is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Triassic.
The genus grew to about 30 centimetres (12 in) long. It had a weak lower jaw with teeth only at the tip.[1]
Cleithrolepis lived in rivers, billabongs and lakes in the large braided river system that deposited the Hawkesbury Sandstone in what is now New South Wales, with fossils found in shale lenses within the sandstone.[2]
References
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 213)
- ^ "Freshwater fish, Cleithrolepis granulata - Australian Museum". australianmuseum.net.au. Archived from the original on 2009-10-25.
- ^ "Show item". Archived from the original on 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
External links
- Fossil of freshwater fish, Cleithrolepis granulata - Somersby, New South Wales, Middle Triassic, 240 million years ago.
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