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Spratticeps

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Spratticeps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

References

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  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.