Biology:Acropholis
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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| A. stensioei fossil, Geological Museum, Copenhagen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Elonichthyiformes |
| Family: | †Acrolepididae |
| Genus: | †Acropholis Aldinger, 1937 |
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| †A. stensioei Aldinger, 1937
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Acropholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine bony fish that lived during the Wuchiapingian age (Lopingian/late Permian epoch) in what is now Greenland and Hesse (Germany).[2][3]
The following species are known:[1]
- A. kamensis Esin, 1995
- A. silantievi Esin and Mashin, 1996
- A. stensioiei Aldinger, 1937
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "†Acropholis Aldinger 1937 (ray-finned fish)". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=208313.
- ↑ Aldinger, Hermann (1937). "Permische Ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland". Meddelelser om Grønland 102 (3): 1–392.
- ↑ Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138.
Wikidata ☰ Q56325067 entry
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