Lycoptera

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Lycoptera davidi
Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Lycoptera fossils displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum.
Lycoptera fossils displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Neopterygii
Infraclass: Teleosti
Superorder: Osteoglossomorpha
Order: Teleocephala
Family: Lycopteridae
Genus: Lycoptera
Species: L. davidi
Binomial name
Lycoptera davidi
Lycoptera muroii fossils displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum.
Lycoptera muroii fossils displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum.
Lycoptera davidi fossil displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum.
Lycoptera davidi fossil displayed in Hong Kong Science Museum.
A specimens of Lycoptera davidi, on display at the Beijing Museum of Natural History.
A specimens of Lycoptera davidi, on display at the Beijing Museum of Natural History.

Lycoptera, Lycoptera davidi, was a fish that lived in the Late Jurassic 157 - 136 Ma mainly around present day China.

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