Gyrolepis
Extinct genus of fishes
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Gyrolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Middle-Late Triassic epochs in what is now Europe.[1] It is known both from complete specimens and isolated skeletal elements, such as scales or teeth.
| Gyrolepis Temporal range: | |
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| Gyrolepis albertii fossil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Palaeonisciformes |
| Family: | †Palaeoniscidae |
| Genus: | †Gyrolepis Agassiz, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| Gyrolepis albertii Agassiz 1833 | |
| Other species | |
