Chrysolepis orlensis

Chrysolepis
Temporal range: Middle Famennian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Osteolepidida
Order: †Osteolepiformes
Family: †Chrysolepididae
Borgen & Nakrem, 2016
Genus: †Chrysolepis
Lebedev, 1983
Species:
†C. orlensis
Binomial name
†Chrysolepis orlensis
Lebedev, 1983

Chrysolepis is a genus of prehistoric marine lobe-finned fish that lived during the Late Devonian period. It contains a single species, C. orlensis, known from the middle Famennian of Oryol Oblast, Russia. It is the only member of the family Chrysolepididae, erected due to its highly distinct morphology unseen among other osteolepiforms. It may be the sister taxon to the eusthenopterids.

References

  1. ↑ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  2. ↑ Lebedev, Oleg (1995-01-01). "Middle Famennian (Upper Devonian)Chondrichthyans and Sarcopterygians from Oryol region; Central Russia". Geobios. Premiers Vertandébrandés et Vertandébrandés Infandérieurs. 28: 361–368. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(95)80139-1. ISSN 0016-6995.
  3. ↑ Borgen, Ulf J.; Nakrem, Hans A. (2016). Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of osteolepiform fish. Fossils and Strata. Vol. 61. Wiley-Blackwell. doi:10.1002/9781119286448.ch1. ISBN 978-1-119-28643-1.