Biology:Coccolepis
Coccolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish in the family Coccolepididae.[1] Originally including most species within the family, it is now restricted to two species from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany.[2] The holotype of C. bucklandi, designated and described by Louis Agassiz, was thought to be lost but was later rediscovered in Neuchâtel.[3]
Taxonomy
Coccolepis contains the following species, both from Germany:
- †C. bucklandi Agassiz, 1843
- †C. solnhofensis López-Arbarello & Ebert, 2021
Some species originally referred to Coccolepis were later reallocated to other genera:
- Coccolepis groeberi Bordas, 1943 → Condorlepis groeberi (Bordas, 1943)[4]
- Coccolepis andrewsi Woodward, 1891 → Morrolepis andrewsi (Woodward, 1891)[5]
- Coccolepis aniscowitchi Gorizdor-Kulczycka, 1926 → Morrolepis aniscowitchi (Gorizdor-Kulczycka, 1926)[5]
- Coccolepis macroptera Traquair, 1911 → Barbalepis macroptera (Traquair, 1911)[6]
- Coccolepis australis Woodward, 1895 → Cacatualepis australis (Woodward, 1895)[7]
"Coccolepis" liassica Woodward, 1890 (Early Jurassic of the Jurassic Coast, United Kingdom) is not thought to be true member of Coccolepis, but is still of uncertain phylogenetic placement.[2]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ "PBDB Taxon". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34990.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 López-Arbarello, Adriana; Ebert, Martin (2021). "Diversity of Coccolepis AGASSIZ, 1843 (Coccolepididae, Chondrostei) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen-Archipelago, Southern Germany". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66. doi:10.4202/app.00873.2021. http://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app008732021.html.
- ↑ Ebert, Martin; Bapst, Laure; Kölbl-Ebert, Martina; Malvesy, Thierry; López-Arbarello, Adriana (2021). "Coccolepis Agassiz, 1843 (Coccolepididae, Chondrostei) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Archipelago – rediscovery of the type specimen and open questions". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 300 (1): 11–22. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2021/0976.
- ↑ López-Arbarello, Adriana; Sferco, Emilia; Rauhut, Oliver Walter Mischa (2013). "A new genus of coccolepidid fishes (Actinopterygii, Chondrostei) from the continental Jurassic of Patagonia". Palaeontologia Electronica 16 (1): 7A:23. doi:10.26879/348.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Skrzycka, Roksana (2014). "Revision of two relic actinopterygians from the Middle or Upper Jurassic Karabastau Formation, Karatau Range, Kazakhstan". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 38 (3): 364–390. doi:10.1080/03115518.2014.880267. Bibcode: 2014Alch...38..364S.
- ↑ Olive, Sébastien; Taverne, Loiuis; López-Arbarello, Adriana (2019). "A new genus of coccolepidid actinopterygian from the Cretaceous Iguanodon- bearing locality of Bernissart, Belgium.". Cretaceous Research 95: 318–335. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2018.11.020. Bibcode: 2019CrRes..95..318O.
- ↑ Bean, L. B. (2025). "Cacatualepis: a new genus name for coccolepids from the Australian Mesozoic". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. doi:10.1080/03115518.2025.2488057.
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