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Rhacolepis is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil. Complete fossilised hearts from this species have been recovered.

PaleoDB taxon number: 263406
Belongs to Rhacolepis according to A. S. Woodward 1901
Sister taxon: Rhacolepis latus
Type specimen: BMNH P4314a, a partial skeleton
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Environments: marine (1 collection), terrestrial (1)
Age range: 122.46 to 109.0 Ma
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil
From the Aptien, Cretaceous of the Santana formation in Brazil

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