Serrolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Ladinian age of the Middle Triassic epoch in what is now Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Perleidiformes |
| Family: | †Polzbergiidae |
| Genus: | †Serrolepis Quenstedt, 1885 |
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| †Serrolepis suevicus Dames, 1888
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It was a highly specialized small stem-neopterygian with strong jaws and a short head. Body shape is variable and known material appears to fall within several size classes & two morphotypes. Fossils of Serrolepis are known from the Middle Triassic Erfurt Formation of Germany.[1]
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References
edit- ^ Hagdorn, Hans; Mutter, Raoul J. (2011). "The vertebrate fauna of the Lower Keuper Albertibank (Erfurt Formation, Middle Triassic) in the vicinity of Schwäbisch Hall (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 4: 223–243.
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