| Lycopteridae Temporal range:
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| Lycoptera species from China | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Cohort: | Osteoglossomorpha |
| Order: | †Lycopteriformes |
| Family: | †Lycopteridae Liu, Su, Huang & Chang, 1963 |
Lycopteridae is an extinct family of freshwater osteoglossomorph ray-finned fishes.
Genera[edit]
- Lycoptera Müller, 1848
- Aokiichthys Yabumoto 1994
- Changichthys Su 1991
- Yungkangichthys Chang and Chou 1974
Description[edit]
These ray-finned fishes were small, often only a finger's length, with small, almost circular scales.
Distribution[edit]
They occurred in East Asian rivers and lakes from the Jurassic to Cretaceous. Fossils of these fishes have been found in China and Japan.
References[edit]
- Arno Hermann Müller: Lehrbuch der Paläozoologie. Band III, Vertebraten, Teil 1. Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1985
- Joseph S. Nelson: Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
- V.N. Yakovlev Systematics of the family Lycopteridae International Geology Review - Volume 8, Issue 1, 1966
External links[edit]
Media related to Lycopteridae at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Lycopteridae at Wikispecies- The Paleobiology Database
- Helsinki.fi
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