Scheenstia
Scheenstia Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous,
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Fossil specimen of S. maxima | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Lepisosteiformes |
Family: | †Lepidotidae |
Genus: | †Scheenstia López-Arbarello & Sferco, 2011 |
Type species | |
Scheenstia zappi López-Arbarello & Sferco, 2011
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Species[1] | |
†S. mantelli (Agassiz, 1833) |
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Scheenstia is an extinct genus of neopterygian ray-finned fish from the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found in Bavaria, France, and England.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Scheenstia_maximus.jpg/220px-Scheenstia_maximus.jpg)
Scheenstia is frequently pictured as the prey of the dinosaur Baryonyx walkeri because the scales and teeth of these fish were found in the stomach region of a fossil B. walkeri specimen. The fish remains were previously referred to the related genus Lepidotes, but all Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous species of that genus have since been re-classified as Scheenstia following detailed phylogenetic analysis.[1] It is a member of Lepisosteiformes meaning that is closest living relates are gars.
Classification[]
Scheenstia is related to the genus Lepidotes. The latter has been one of the greatest actinopterygian wastebasket taxa, with one 2012 study finding species referrable to a minimum of three different and distantly related genera. Scheenstia is also related to . A cladogram showing the relations of Neopterygii was published in the review, and a simplified version labelling the previous species of Lepidotes is shown here.[1]
Ginglymodi |
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References[]
- ^ a b c López-Arbarello, A. (2012). "Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Ginglymodian Fishes (Actinopterygii: Neopterygii)". PLOS ONE. 7 (7): e39370. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...739370L. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039370. PMC 3394768. PMID 22808031.
- Lepisosteiformes
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
- Cretaceous bony fish
- Mesozoic fish of Europe
- Fossil taxa described in 2011
- Prehistoric ray-finned fish stubs
- Jurassic fish stubs
- Cretaceous fish stubs