Paleopsephurus
Paleopsephurus is an extinct genus of paddlefish (Polyodontidae). At present the genus contains the single species Paleopsephurus wilsoni. The genus is known from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) aged Hell Creek Formation of Montana.
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acipenseriformes |
| Family: | Polyodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Paleopsephurinae |
| Genus: | †Paleopsephurus MacAlpin, 1947 |
| Species: | †P. wilsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Paleopsephurus wilsoni MacAlpin, 1947 | |
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