Areyongalepis

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Areyongalepis
Temporal range: Ordovician
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Genus: Areyongalepis
Young, 2000
Species:
A. oervigi
Binomial name
Areyongalepis oervigi
(Young, 1997)[1]
Synonyms
Genus
  • Areyonga Young, 1997
Species
  • Areyonga oervigi Young, 1997

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]

References

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  2. ^ Gauld, I.D. (1984). "Subfamily Tersilochinae. In: An Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 895: 304–316.
  3. S2CID 83848893
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