Macrepistius
Extinct genus of fishes
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Macrepistius is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.[1] It is known from the Lower Cretaceous marine deposits of the Glen Rose Formation in north-central Texas, and measured 30 cm long.
| Macrepistius Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Halecomorphi |
| Order: | Amiiformes |
| Genus: | †Macrepistius Cope, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| †Macrepistius arenatus Cope, 1894 | |
