Candelarialepis

Candelarialepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Induan age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Nevada. It contains a single species, C. argentus.^[1] It was described from the Candelaria Formation.^[2]

Candelarialepis Temporal range: Induan PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Candelarialepis from the Candelaria Formation of Nevada, USA
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Parasemionotiformes
Family:	†Parasemionotidae
Genus:	†Candelarialepis Romano et al., 2019
Type species
†Candelarialepis argentus Romano et al., 2019

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• List of prehistoric bony fish
• Paleontology in Nevada