Sardinioides
Extinct genus of fishes
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Sardinioides is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Campanian. It is a member of the order Myctophiformes, and considered a sister group to Paleogene and modern neoscopelids and myctophids.[1]
| Sardinioides Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Campanian) | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Myctophiformes |
| Family: | †Sardinioididae |
| Genus: | †Sardinioides Marck, 1858 |
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