''Lyrolepis'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...
found in the
Eocene
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Adaev Formation
Adaev was an administrative division (uyezd) of the Kazakh Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic, corresponding in part to the Kazakh portion of the former Transcaspian Oblast, and to the present-day Mangystau Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan. ...
of Kazakhstan and the
Pshekha Formation of Georgia.
See also
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Prehistoric fish
The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion. It was during this time that the early chordates developed the skull and the vertebral column, leading to the first craniates and vertebrates. The first fish ...
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List of prehistoric bony fish
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People
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Organizations
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References
Elopiformes
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Eocene fish of Asia
Oligocene fish of Asia
Fossils of Georgia (country)
Fossils of Kazakhstan
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