Glyptolepis (fish)

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Glyptolepis
Temporal range: Eifelian to Frasnian
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Glyptolepis fossil from the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
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Glyptolepis reconstruction
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Chordata
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Vertebrata
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Glyptolepis

Miller ex Agassiz, 1841

Glyptolepis is an extinct genus of porolepiform lobe-finned fish which lived during Devonian Period, from the early Eifelian to Frasnian Age.[1][2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ Mark Carnall (28 February 2014). "Underwhelming fossil fish of the month: February 2014". Museums & Collections Blog. University College London. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  2. ^ Richard Cloutier & Per Erik Ahlberg (1996). "Morphology, Characters, and the Interrelationships of Basal Sarcopterygians". In Melanie L.J. Stiassny; Lynne R. Parenti & G. David Johnson (eds.). Interrelationships of Fishes. p. 457. ISBN 9780080534923.
  3. ^ Per Erik Ahlberg (1992). "A new holoptychiid porolepiform fish from the Upper Frasnian of Elgin, Scotland". Palaeontology. 35 (4): 813–828.


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