Scanilepis

Scanilepis; Temporal range: Rhaetian-Hettangian; ~203–199 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:
Family:
Genus:	Scanilepis; Aldinger, 1937
Type species
	†Scanilepis dubia; (Aldinger, 1937)
Species
	†S. spitzbergensis (Aldinger, 1937);
Synonyms
	Gyrolepis dubius Woodward, 1893;

Scanilepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Rhaetian-Hettangian stages (Late Triassic-Lower Jurassic boundary), coming from the freshwater deposits of the Bjuv and Helsingborg members of the Höganäs Formation, southwestern Sweden.^[3] A second species, S. spitzbergensis was described from the Hettangian of the of the area in Spitsbergen, Norway.^[4] This fish was originally identified as a member of the genus Gyrolepis, as Gyrolepis dubius, being latter assigned to it´s own genus and classified as a member of Palaeonisciformes.^[4] Latter works placed it as a taxon close to the origin of the family Amiidae, until was found latter to belong to it´s own family () and order, .^[5] Regarding to the microstructure of its scales, Scanilepis approaches the condition of Polypterus or Erpetoichthys more than any other genera.^[6]

References[]

^ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
^ Woodward, AH (1893). "Palaeoichthyological notes". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (1): 281–287.
^ Lehman, J. P. (1980). "Le genre Scanilepis Aldinger du Rhétien de la Scanie (Suède)". Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala. 8 (1): 113–133.
^ ^a ^b Aldinger, H. (1937). "Permische Ganoidfisch aus Ostgrönland". Meddelelser om Grønland. 102 (2): 1–392.
^ Sytchevskaya, EK. (1999). "Freshwater fish fauna from the Triassic of Northern Asia" (PDF). München: Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil. 17 (1): 445–468. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ Ørvig, T. (1978). "Microstructure and growth of the dermal skeleton in fossil actinopterygian fishes: Birgeria and Scanilepis". Zoologica Scripta. 7 (1‐4): 33–56. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00587.x. S2CID 85412731. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

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[1] "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.

[2] Woodward, AH (1893). "Palaeoichthyological notes". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (1): 281–287.

[3] Lehman, J. P. (1980). "Le genre Scanilepis Aldinger du Rhétien de la Scanie (Suède)". Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala. 8 (1): 113–133.

[Scan-4] Aldinger, H. (1937). "Permische Ganoidfisch aus Ostgrönland". Meddelelser om Grønland. 102 (2): 1–392.

[5] Sytchevskaya, EK. (1999). "Freshwater fish fauna from the Triassic of Northern Asia" (PDF). München: Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil. 17 (1): 445–468. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[6] Ørvig, T. (1978). "Microstructure and growth of the dermal skeleton in fossil actinopterygian fishes: Birgeria and Scanilepis". Zoologica Scripta. 7 (1‐4): 33–56. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00587.x. S2CID 85412731. Retrieved 12 December 2021.

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