Acropholis

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Acropholis
Temporal range: Wuchiapingian 272.5–254.0  Ma [1]
Acropholis stensioei.jpg
A. stensioei fossil, Geological Museum, Copenhagen
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Domain: Eukaryota
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 bony fish that lived during the Wuchiapingian age (Lopingian/late Permian epoch) in what is now Greenland and Hesse (Germany). [2] [3]

The following species are known: [1]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "†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.