Areyongalepis
Areyongalepis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Genus: | †Areyongalepis Young, 2000 |
Species: | †A. oervigi
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Binomial name | |
†Areyongalepis oervigi (Young, 1997)[1]
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Areyongalepis is a genus of prehistoric
period
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The genus was originally named Areyonga by Australian palaeontologist Gavin C. Young, but the name had already been allocated to a modern genus of wasp.[2] Young therefore renamed the fossil fish Areyongalepis in 2000.[3]
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