Biology:Ardoreosomus
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
| Ardoreosomus | |
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| File:Ardoreosomus occidentalis.tif | |
| Ardoreosomus occidentalis fossil (type) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Family: | †Ptycholepidae
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| Genus: | †Ardoreosomus Romano et al., 2019
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| Ardoreosomus occidentalis Romano et al., 2019
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Ardoreosomus (meaning: "tropical body") is an extinct genus of 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]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
- Paleontology in Nevada
References
- ↑ Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Hautmann, Michael; Bucher, Hugo (2011). "Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Candelaria Hills (Nevada, USA) and their significance for palaeobiogeography and palaeoceanography.". Swiss Journal of Geosciences 104: 161–181. doi:10.1007/s00015-011-0055-3. https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/47305/8/ZORA_NL_47305.pdf.
- ↑ Romano, Carlo; López-Arbarello, Adriana; Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Brinkmann, Winand (April 2019). "Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from the Candelaria Hills (Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA).". Journal of Paleontology 93 (5): 971–1000. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.18. Bibcode: 2019JPal...93..971R.
Wikidata ☰ Q96372317 entry
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