Areyongalepis

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Areyongalepis
Temporal range: Ordovician
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Genus:† Areyongalepis
Young, 2000
Species:
†A. oervigi
Binomial name
†Areyongalepis oervigi
(Young, 1997) [1]
Synonyms
Genus
  • AreyongaYoung, 1997
Species
  • Areyonga oervigiYoung, 1997

Areyongalepis is a genus of prehistoric jawless fish that lived during the Ordovician period.

The genus was originally named Areyonga by Australian palaeontologist Gavin C. Young, but the name had already been allocated to a modern genus of wasp. [2] Young therefore renamed the fossil fish Areyongalepis in 2000. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Young, Gavin C. (1997). "Ordovician microvertebrate remains from the Amadeus Basin, central Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (1): 1–25. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10010948.
  2. ↑ Gauld, I.D. (1984). "Subfamily Tersilochinae. In: An Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 895: 304–316.
  3. ↑ Young, Gavin C. (2000). "Areyongalepis, a replacement name for Areyonga Young 1997 (Preoccupied name)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (3): 611. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0611:AARNFA]2.0.CO;2. S2CID   83848893.


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