Ankylophorus
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| Ankylophorus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Ankylophoriformes |
| Family: | †Ankylophoridae |
| Genus: | †Ankylophorus Gaudant, 1978 |
| Species: | †A. similis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ankylophorus similis (Woodward, 1895) | |
Ankylophorus is an extinct genus of stem-teleost ray-finned fish that lived in what is now France during the Late Jurassic. Its type and only species, Ankylophorus similis, was originally named in 1895 as a species of Pholidophorus, but was moved to a separate genus in 1978.[1][2]
