Lycopteridae
{{Short description|Extinct family of ray-finned fishes}}
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| image_caption = Lycoptera species from China
| taxon = Lycopteridae
| authority = Liu, Su, Huang & Chang, 1963
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Lycopteridae is an extinct family of freshwater osteoglossomorph ray-finned fishes.
Genera
- Lycoptera Müller, 1848
- Aokiichthys Yabumoto 1994
- Changichthys Su 1991
- Yungkangichthys Chang and Chou 1974
Description
These ray-finned fishes were small, often only a finger's length, with small, almost circular scales.
Distribution
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
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- 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 [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00206816609474260#preview Systematics of the family Lycopteridae] International Geology Review - Volume 8, Issue 1, 1966
External links
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- [https://www.fossilworks.org The Paleobiology Database]
- [http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/actinopterygii/osteoglossomorpha/lycopteridae.html Helsinki.fi]
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Category:Jurassic first appearances
Category:Cretaceous extinctions
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