Crossopholis
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Crossopholis is an extinct fish known from the early Eocene (Ypresian) of North America, approximately 52 million years ago. It is a close relative of the contemporary American paddlefish, belonging to the paddlefish family Polyodontidae.
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Crossopholis | |
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Crossopholis magnicaudatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acipenseriformes |
Family: | Polyodontidae |
Genus: | †Crossopholis Cope, 1883[1] |
Type species | |
Crossopholis magnicaudatus |
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