Haplolepis
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Haplolepis is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the late Moscovian Stage of the Pennsylvanian Period.[2][1] Well-preserved specimens are known from the Lagerstätte in the Upper Freeport Coal at Linton, Ohio, and were first described by John Strong Newberry in the 1800s.
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Palaeonisciformes |
| Genus: | †Haplolepis Miller, 1892 |