Archaephippus Temporal range:
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Specimen of A. asper | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Moroniformes |
Family: | Ephippidae |
Genus: | †Archaephippus Blot, 1969 |
Archaephippus is an extinct genus of prehistoric spadefish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.[1] Several exquisitely preserved fossils have been found from the Monte Bolca lagerstatten.