Sauropsis

Extinct genus of fishes

Sauropsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Pachycormiformes
Family: Pachycormidae
Genus: Sauropsis
Agassiz, 1843

Sauropsis (from Greek: σαῦρος saûros, 'lizard' and Greek: ὄψῐς ópsis 'looking')[1] is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.

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References

  1. ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 154. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  • Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database


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