Strepheoschema is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Mississippian (Tournaisian–Visean) in what is now Berwickshire, Scotland, and Northumberland, England.[1] Fossils were recovered from the Ballagan Formation (Cementstone Group).[1]
| Strepheoschema Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | †Strepheoschemidae |
| Genus: | †Strepheoschema White, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| †Strepheoschema fouldenensis White, 1927
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See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Gardiner, Brian G. (1985). "Actinopterygian fish from the Dinantian of Foulden, Berwickshire, Scotland". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 76: 61–67. doi:10.1017/S0263593300010312.
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