Biology:Stichopterus

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Stichopterus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 125–112 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acipenseriformes
Family: Peipiaosteidae
Genus: Stichopterus
Reis, 1909
Other species
  • Stichopterus gracilis (Rohon, 1890)
  • Stichopterus popovi Jakovlev, 1986[1]
  • Stichopterus reissi Jakovlev, 1977
  • Stichopterus woodwardi Reis, 1909

Stichopterus is an extinct genus of chondrostean ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch in Asia.[1][2] It has been found in Russia (Murtoi Formation) and Mongolia.[2]

The type species, Stichopterus woodwardi, was named and described in 1909. Since then, up to three other species have been named or were reallocated to Stichopterus, respectively.[3]

Stichopterus is similar to Peipiaosteus from China . Both genera belong to the family Peipiaosteidae, together with Liaosteus, Spherosteus, and Yanosteus.[3][4] Peipiaosteidae are extinct relatives of Modern sturgeons and paddlefishes (Acipenseroidei).

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Y. N. Jakovlev. 1986. Acipenseriformes, in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:178-182
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bemis, William E.; Findeis, Eric K.; Grande, Lance (1997). "An overview of Acipenseriformes". Environmental Biology of Fishes 48 (1–4): 25–71. doi:10.1023/A:1007370213924. 
  4. Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance; Jin, Fan (2021). "Redescription of †Yanosteus longidorsalis Jin et al., 1995 (Chondrostei, Acipenseriformes, †Peipiaosteidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China". Journal of Paleontology 95 (1): 170–183. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.80. 

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