Acropholis

Acropholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Wuchiapingian age (Lopingian/late Permian epoch) in what is now Greenland and Hesse (Germany).[2][3]

Acropholis
Temporal range: Wuchiapingian
A. stensioei fossil, Geological Museum, Copenhagen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Palaeonisciformes
Family: Acrolepidae
Genus: Acropholis
Aldinger, 1937
Type species
A. stensioei
Aldinger, 1937

See also

References

  1. "†Acropholis Aldinger 1937 (ray-finned fish)". Fossilworks.
  2. Aldinger, Hermann (1937). "Permische Ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland". Meddelelser om Grønland (in German). 102 (3): 1–392.
  3. Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
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