Diplomystus dentatus

Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Ellimmichthyiformes
Family	Paraclupeidae
Group	Fish
Size	to 65 cm; usually 10–30 cm
Rank (PBDB)	genus· Paleobiology Database
Author	Cope 1877· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)	Chordata › Osteichthyes › Ellimmichthyiformes › Armigatidae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)	143–33.9 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences	25· Paleobiology Database

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Diplomystus dentatus — Diplomystus dentatus Cope, 1877 (NHMUK PV P 52516) — Diplomystus dentatus Cope, 1877 (NHMUK PV P 52516) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

Diplomystus dentatus — Diplomystus dentatus Cope, 1877 (NHMUK PV P 7489) — Diplomystus dentatus Cope, 1877 (NHMUK PV P 7489) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

Diplomystus dentatus — Diplomystus birdi Woodward, 1895, HOLOTYPE (NHMUK PV P 96) — Diplomystus birdi Woodward, 1895, HOLOTYPE (NHMUK PV P 96) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

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Cite this article

Stratum Strata. "Diplomystus dentatus" (Taxon). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/diplomystus-dentatus. Accessed 2026-09-21.

BibTeX · CSL-JSON

@misc{stratum-diplomystus-dentatus,
  title        = {Diplomystus dentatus},
  author       = {{Stratum Strata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/diplomystus-dentatus}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21; sources: stratum, pbdb, wikidata, smithsonian, nhm. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
}

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