Biology:Serrolepis
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
| Serrolepis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Family: | †Polzbergiidae
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| Genus: | †Serrolepis Quenstedt, 1885
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| Binomial name | |
| †Serrolepis suevicus Dames, 1888
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Serrolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Ladinian age of the Middle Triassic epoch in what is now Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
It was a highly specialized small stem-neopterygian with strong jaws and a short head. Body shape is variable and known material appears to fall within several size classes & two morphotypes. Fossils of Serrolepis are known from the Middle Triassic Erfurt Formation of Germany .[1]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ Hagdorn, Hans; Mutter, Raoul J. (2011). "The vertebrate fauna of the Lower Keuper Albertibank (Erfurt Formation, Middle Triassic) in the vicinity of Schwäbisch Hall (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)". Palaeodiversity 4: 223–243. http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/04/Palaeodiversity_4_HagdornMutter.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q15715838 entry
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