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Spratticeps

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

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Spratticeps
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Clupeomorpha
Genus: †Spratticeps
Patterson, 1970
Type species
†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

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References

  1. 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.