''Serranopsis'' is an extinct genus of
prehistoric
Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use of ...
ray-finned fish belonging to the
family Serranidae, the sea basses and groupers. The only known species in the genus is ''Serranopsis londinensis'' which was found in
Ypresian marine claystone of the
London Clay Formation
The London Clay Formation is a marine geological formation of Ypresian (early Eocene Epoch, c. 56–49 million years ago) age which crops out in the southeast of England. The London Clay is well known for its fossil content. The fossils from th ...
on the
Isle of Sheppey in the United Kingdom.
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Serranidae
Prehistoric perciform genera
Eocene fish of Europe
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