Candelarialepis
Extinct genus of fishes
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Candelarialepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Induan age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Nevada. It contains a single species, C. argentus.[1] It was described from the Candelaria Formation.[2]
| Candelarialepis Temporal range: | |
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| Candelarialepis from the Candelaria Formation of Nevada, USA | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Parasemionotiformes |
| Family: | †Parasemionotidae |
| Genus: | †Candelarialepis Romano et al., 2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Candelarialepis argentus Romano et al., 2019 | |
