| Ardoreosomus Temporal range: | |
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| Ardoreosomus occidentalis fossil (type) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | † Ptycholepiformes |
| Family: | † Ptycholepididae |
| Genus: | † Ardoreosomus Romano et al., 2019 |
| Species: | †A. occidentalis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ardoreosomus occidentalis Romano et al., 2019 | |
Ardoreosomus (meaning: "tropical body") is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish. It was described from the Induan aged Candelaria Formation [1] of Nevada, United States, which was located near the equator during the Early Triassic epoch. It contains only one species, A. occidentalis (monotypy).
Ardoreosomus is a ptycholepiform, closely resembling Boreosomus and Ptycholepis ; however, Ardoreosomus is distinguished from other ptycholepiforms in having a more strongly angled hyomandibula and lacking an opercular process, among other features. [2]
