Chrysolepis is a genus of prehistoric marine lobe-finned fish that lived during the Late Devonian period.[1] It contains a single species, C. orlensis, known from the middle Famennian of Oryol Oblast, Russia.[2] It is the only member of the family Chrysolepididae, erected due to its highly distinct morphology unseen among other osteolepiforms. It may be the sister taxon to the eusthenopterids.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Order: | †Osteolepiformes |
| Family: | †Chrysolepididae Borgen & Nakrem, 2016 |
| Genus: | †Chrysolepis Lebedev, 1983 |
| Species: | †C. orlensis
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| †Chrysolepis orlensis Lebedev, 1983
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References
edit- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- ^ Lebedev, Oleg (1995-01-01). "Middle Famennian (Upper Devonian)Chondrichthyans and Sarcopterygians from Oryol region; Central Russia". Geobios. Premiers Vertandébrandés et Vertandébrandés Infandérieurs. 28: 361–368. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(95)80139-1. ISSN 0016-6995.
- ^ Borgen, Ulf J.; Nakrem, Hans A. (2016). Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of osteolepiform fish. Fossils and Strata. Vol. 61. Wiley-Blackwell. doi:10.1002/9781119286448.ch1. ISBN 978-1-119-28643-1.
- Lebedav, O. A., 1983, A new Crossopterygian Fish from the Central Devonian Region: Paleontological Journal, v. 16, part 4, p. 63-70. (Chrysolepis orlensis)
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