Prionolepis
Sign in to savePrionolepis is a genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish belonging to the order Alepisauriformes.
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Prionolepis is a genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish belonging to the order Alepisauriformes.
==Fossil record== These ray-finned fish lived in the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian - Turonian, about 95-90 million years ago). Fossils have been found in Lebanon and England.
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