Biology:Porolepis

Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Porolepis Temporal range: Early Devonian, ~409.1–402.5 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sarcopterygii
Order:	†Porolepiformes
Genus:	†Porolepis Woodward, 1891
Binomial name
†Porolepis posnaniensis (Kade, 1858)
Other species
†P. brevis Jarvik, 1937 †P. elongata Jarvik, 1937 †P. foxi Johanson et al., 2013 †P. hefteri Gross, 1935 †P. kureikensis Vorobyeva, 1963 †P. siegenensis Gross, 1935 †P. spitsbergensis Jarvik, 1937 †P. uralensis Obrutchev, 1938

Porolepis is an extinct genus of porolepiform sarcopterygian fish, from the Early Devonian Dniester Series of Ukraine , which is rich in Porolepis remains, and also the Nellen Koepfchen Beds of Germany . It lived alongside the dubious lophotrochozoan Macrodontophion. It was first described in 1858 but Porolepis was not named as a sufficient species until 1891.

See also

• Sarcopterygii
• List of sarcopterygians
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3908526 entry