Westollia

Westollia Temporal range: Asselian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	† Aeduelliformes
Family:	† Aeduellidae
Genus:	† Westollia White & Moy-Thomas, 1940
Type species
†Lepidopterus crassus Pohlig, 1892
Synonyms
†LepidopterusPohlig, 1892 non Agassiz 1846

Westollia is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish only known at Gottlob Quarry, from the early Asselian Goldlauter Formation of Thuringia, Germany. ^{[1] [2]}

The type and only species, Westollia crassa, was first described as Lepidopterus crassus, but because this genus name was preoccupied, a new genus name was given, Westollia, honoring Thomas Stanley Westoll. Redescription and study on the affinities of Westollia crassa was published by Štamberg (2024), who deesignated the complete specimen NHMS-GP1341 as its neotype. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "Westollia". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 24 Mar 2025.
2. Štamberg, S. (2024). "Redescription of the actinopterygian fish Westollia crassa (Pohlig, 1892) (Aeduellidae) from the Permian sediments of Thuringia and its relationships to other Aeduellidae". PalZ. 98 (3): 491–508. Bibcode:2024PalZ...98..491S. doi:10.1007/s12542-024-00696-8.
3. White, Errol Ivor; Moy-Thomas, James Alan (1940). "XXV. — Notes on the nomenclature of fossil fishes, 3. Homonyms M–Z". Journal of Natural History. Series 11. 7: 395–400. doi:10.1080/03745481.1941.9727941..

External links

• Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database