Mesoclupea
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| Mesoclupea Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Ichthyodectiformes (?) |
| Family: | †Chuhsiungichthyidae |
| Genus: | †Mesoclupea Ping & Yen, 1933 |
| Species: | †M. showchangensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mesoclupea showchangensis Ping & Yen, 1933 | |
Mesoclupea showchangensis is an extinct ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish that lived in freshwater environments in what is now China during the Early Cretaceous epoch. It differs from its sister genus, Chuhsiungichthys, primarily by having a more posteriorly-placed dorsal fin.
