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Acropholis

Acropholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine bony fish that lived during the Wuchiapingian age in what is now Greenland and Hesse (Germany).

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Acropholis
Temporal range: Wuchiapingian
A. stensioei fossil, Geological Museum, Copenhagen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Elonichthyiformes
Family: †Acrolepididae
Genus: †Acropholis
Aldinger, 1937
Type species
†A. stensioei
Aldinger, 1937
Species

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Acropholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine bony fish that lived during the Wuchiapingian age (Lopingian/late Permian epoch) in what is now Greenland and Hesse (Germany).23

The following species are known:1

  • A. kamensis Esin, 1995
  • A. silantievi Esin and Mashin, 1996
  • A. stensioiei Aldinger, 1937
See also

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References

References

  1. "†Acropholis Aldinger 1937 (ray-finned fish)". The Paleobiology Database.
  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.