| Macrepistius Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Halecomorphi |
| Order: | Amiiformes |
| Genus: | †Macrepistius Cope, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| †Macrepistius arenatus Cope, 1894
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Macrepistius is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.1 It is known from the Lower Cretaceous marine deposits of the Glen Rose Formation in north-central Texas, and measured 30 cm long.
References
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.