Acrolepididae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish.[1] Genera referred to Acrolepididae existed from the Early Carboniferous period to the Early Triassic epoch. They were nektonic carnivores with a fusiform body.
Acrolepididae Temporal range:
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Elonichthyiformes |
Family: | †Acrolepididae Aldinger, 1937 |
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Acrolepididae may be closely related with the Early Mesozoic Ptycholepididae.[2]
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Included genera and species
edit- Genus †Acrolepis Agassiz, 1843
- †Acrolepis frequens Yankevich, 1996
- †Acrolepis gigas Frič, 1877
- †Acrolepis hamiltoni Johnston & Morton, 1890
- †Acrolepis hopkinsi M'Coy, 1848
- †Acrolepis hortonensis Dawson, 1868
- †Acrolepis? laetus Lambe, 1916 [Pteronisculus? laetus]
- †Acrolepis languescens Yankevich, 1996
- †Acrolepis ortholepis Traquair, 1884
- †Acrolepis sedgwicki Agassiz, 1843 (type species)
- †Acrolepis semigranulosa Traquair, 1890
- †Acrolepis tasmanicus Johnston & Morton, 1891
- †Acrolepis wilsoni Traquair, 1888
- Genus †Acropholis Aldinger, 1937
- †Acropholis stensioei Aldinger, 1937 (type species)
- Genus †Challaia Rusconi, 1946
- †Challaia magna Rusconi, 1949 (type species)
- †Challaia elongata (Cabrera, 1944)
- Genus †Namaichthys Gürich, 1923
- †Namaichthys digitata (Woodward, 1890)
- †Namaichthys schroederi Gürich, 1923 (type species)
- Genus †Plegmolepis Aldinger, 1937
- †Plegmolepis groenlandica Aldinger, 1937
- †Plegmolepis kochi Aldinger, 1937 (type species)
- Genus †Reticulolepis Westoll, 1934
- †Reticulolepis exsculpta (Kurtze, 1839)
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Acrolepidae.
- ^ "Acrolepidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ Mutter, Raoul (2011). "A case study of the palaeobiogeography of Early Mesozoic actinopterygians, the family Ptycholepidae.". In Upchurch, P.; McGowan, A.J.; Slater, C.S.C. (eds.). Palaeogeography and Palaeobiogeography: Biodiversity in Space and Time. CRC Press, Boca Raton. pp. 143–171. doi:10.1201/b11176-12. ISBN 9780429150562.