Ankylophorus
Ankylophorus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † |
Family: | † |
Genus: | †Ankylophorus Gaudant, 1978 |
Species: | †A. similis
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Binomial name | |
†Ankylophorus similis (Woodward, 1895)
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Ankylophorus is an extinct genus of stem-teleost ray-finned fish that lived in what is now France during the Late Jurassic. Its type and only species, Ankylophorus similis, was originally named in 1895 as a species of Pholidophorus, but was moved to a separate genus in 1978.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Gaudant, J. (1978). "Essai de révision taxonomique des «Pholidophorus» (Poissons Actinoptérygiens) du Jurassique supérieur de Cerin (Ain)". Publications du musée des Confluences (in French). 16: 101–121.
- ^ Taverne, L. (2013). "Osteology and relationships of Songaichthys luctacki gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Ankylophoriformes ord. nov.) from the Middle Jurassic (Songa Limestones) of Kisangani (Democratic Republic of the Congo)" (PDF). Geo-Eco-Trop. 37 (1): 33–52.
Categories:
- Prehistoric teleostei
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
- Late Jurassic fish
- Jurassic fish of Europe
- Jurassic France
- Fossils of France
- Fossil taxa described in 1978
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs