Acropholis
| Acropholis Temporal range: Wuchiapingian | |
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| A. stensioei fossil, Geological Museum, Copenhagen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Elonichthyiformes |
| Family: | †Acrolepididae |
| Genus: | †Acropholis Aldinger, 1937 |
| Type species | |
| †A. stensioei Aldinger, 1937 | |
| Species | |
| See text | |
Acropholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine bony fish that lived during the Wuchiapingian age (Lopingian/late Permian epoch) in what is now Greenland and Hesse (Germany).[2][3]
The following species are known:[1]
- A. kamensis Esin, 1995
- A. silantievi Esin and Mashin, 1996
- A. stensioiei Aldinger, 1937
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "†Acropholis Aldinger 1937 (ray-finned fish)". The Paleobiology Database.
- ^ Aldinger, Hermann (1937). "Permische Ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland". Meddelelser om Grønland (in German). 102 (3): 1–392.
- ^ 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.
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