Areyongalepis is a genus of prehistoric jawless fish that lived during the Ordovician period.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Genus: | †Areyongalepis Young, 2000 |
| Species: | †A. oervigi
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| †Areyongalepis oervigi (Young, 1997)[1]
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The genus was originally named Areyonga by Australian palaeontologist Gavin C. Young, but the name had already been allocated to a modern genus of wasp.[2] Young therefore renamed the fossil fish Areyongalepis in 2000.[3]
References edit
- ^ Young, Gavin C. (1997). "Ordovician microvertebrate remains from the Amadeus Basin, central Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (1): 1–25. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10010948.
- ^ Gauld, I.D. (1984). "Subfamily Tersilochinae. In: An Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 895: 304–316.
- ^ Young, Gavin C. (2000). "Areyongalepis, a replacement name for Areyonga Young 1997 (Preoccupied name)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (3): 611. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0611:AARNFA]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 83848893.
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