Aetheolepis

Aetheolepis is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish which lived in freshwater environments in what is now Western Australia and New South Wales during the Jurassic period. It contains one species, A. mirabilis. Aetheolepis was previously thought to be an archaeomaenid,[2] until a 2016 study instead recovered it as a member of the family Dapediidae.[3] Like other dapediids, it had a deep, discoid-shaped body. Fossils of A. mirabilis have been found in the Talbragar River fossil beds of New South Wales and the Colalura Sandstone of Western Australia.[1] It was named by Arthur Smith Woodward in 1865 along with other Talbragar fish.[2]

Aetheolepis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Dapediiformes
Family: †Dapediidae
Genus: †Aetheolepis
Woodward, 1895
Species:
†A. mirabilis
Binomial name
†Aetheolepis mirabilis
Woodward, 1895

See also

References
  1. Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Bean, L. B. (2017). "Reappraisal of Mesozoic fishes and associated invertebrates and flora from Talbragar and Koonwarra, eastern Australia". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 129 (1): 7. doi:10.1071/rs17001.
  3. Gibson, S. Z. (2016). "Redescription and Phylogenetic Placement of †Hemicalypterus weiri Schaeffer, 1967 (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) from the Triassic Chinle Formation, Southwestern United States: New Insights into Morphology, Ecological Niche, and Phylogeny". PLOS ONE. 11 (9): e0163657. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1163657G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163657. PMC 5033578. PMID 27657923.


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