Biology:Ascalabos

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Short description: Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes

Ascalabos
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Ascalabos voithii NT (C)M.Ebert.jpg
Fossil of A. voithii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ascalaboidiformes
Family: Ascalaboidae
Genus: Ascalabos
Münster, 1839
Species:
A. voithii
Binomial name
Ascalabos voithii
Münster, 1839

Ascalabos is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish known from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany. It contains one species, A. voithii.[1]

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References

  1. Arratia, G. (2016). "New remarkable Late Jurassic teleosts from southern Germany: Ascalaboidae n. fam., its content, morphology, and phylogenetic relationships". Fossil Record 19 (1): 31–59. doi:10.5194/fr-19-31-2016. 

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