''Sauropsis'' (from el, σαῦρος , 'lizard' and el, ὄψῐς 'looking')
is an
extinct genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of prehistoric
bony fish
Osteichthyes (), popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse superclass of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They can be contrasted with the Chondrichthyes, which have skeletons primarily composed of cartila ...
.
See also
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List of prehistoric bony fish genera
This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class Osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all ...
References
External links
Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database
Pachycormiformes
Taxa named by Louis Agassiz
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