Aphelolepis

Genus of fishes

Aphelolepis
Temporal range: Ladinian[1]
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: Semionotiformes
Genus: Aphelolepis
Heller, 1953
Species:
A. delpi
Binomial name
Aphelolepis delpi
Heller, 1953

Aphelolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric ginglymodian bony fish. It contains one species, A. delpi, that lived during the Ladinian age of the Middle Triassic epoch in what is now Franconia, Germany.[2][1] It is generally considered a semionotiform.[3][4]

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References

  1. ^ a b Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  3. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  4. ^ Moser, Markus (2013). "Transfer of type specimens of fossil fishes to the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology with some notes on their history of research". Zitteliana: 169–177. doi:10.5282/ubm/epub.19020. ISSN 1612-412X.
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