| Asterodermus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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| Fossil from the Tithonian of Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Batomorphi |
| Order: | †Apolithabatiformes |
| Family: | †Asterodermidae |
| Genus: | †Asterodermus Agassiz, 1836 |
| Species: | †A. platypterus
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| †Asterodermus platypterus Agassiz, 1836
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Asterodermus (from Greek: ἀστήρ aster, 'star' and Greek: δέρμα dérma, 'skin')1 is an extinct genus of asterodermid rays from the Jurassic period.2 A single species, A. platypterus, is described. It is known mainly from the early Tithonian of Germany, including the famous Lagerstätte site of Solnhofen.34 Additionally, Asterodermus scales have been found among articulated skeletons of neoselachians from the Tithonian of southern Germany.5
References
References
- Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 12. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- "Fossilworks: Asterodermus platypterus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- Thies, D. E. T. L. E. V., & Leidner, A. R. M. I. N. (2011). Sharks and guitarfishes (Elasmobranchii) from the Late Jurassic of Europe. Palaeodiversity, 4, 63-184.
- Türtscher, Julia; Jambura, Patrick L.; Spindler, Frederik; Kriwet, Jürgen (2025-01-23). "Insights into stem Batomorphii: A new holomorphic ray (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the upper Jurassic of Germany". PLOS One. 20 (1) e0310174. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310174. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11756912. PMID 39847754.
- Thies, D. (1995). Placoid scales (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of northern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(3), 463-481. doi:10.1080/02724634.1995.10011242