Spratticeps

Extinct genus of fishes

Spratticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Clupeomorpha
Family:
incertae sedis
Genus:
Spratticeps

Patterson, 1970
Species:
S. gaultinus
Binomial name
Spratticeps gaultinus
Patterson, 1970

Spratticeps is an extinct genus of clupeiform fish which existed in what is now England during the lower Cretaceous period.[1] It contains the species Spratticeps gaultinus.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Colin Patterson (1970). "A clupeomorph fish from the Gault (Lower Cretaceous)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 49 (3): 161–182. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1970.tb00733.x.


  • v
  • t
  • e
Stub icon

This article about a prehistoric ray-finned fish is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e