Cosmolepis

Cosmolepis; Temporal range: Early Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Chondrostei
Order:	†Palaeonisciformes
Genus:	†Cosmolepis; Egerton, 1858
Binomial name
	†Cosmolepis ornatus; Egerton, 1855
Synonyms
	Oxygnathus Egerton, 1855 (non Oxygnathus Dejean, 1826); Thrissonotus Agassiz, 1842 (nomen nudum);

Cosmolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Jurassic epoch (lower Lias) in what is now England.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Schultze, Hans-Peter; Mickle, Kathryn E.; Poplin, Cecile; Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance (2021). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, 8A. Actinopterygii I. Palaeoniscimorpha, Stem Neopterygii, Chondrostei. Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München. p. 299. ISBN 978-3-89937-272-4.

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