Biology:Shimenolepis

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Shimenolepis
Temporal range: Ludfordian
Shimenolepis granifera.jpg
Shimenolepis granifera
Scientific classification
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Yunnanolepiformes
Genus:
Shimenolepis
Type species
Shimenolepis granifera
Junqing, 1991

Shimenolepis granifera is an extinct yunnanolepid placoderm from the Xiaoxi Formation, Li County, Hunan, China. Its age is discussed, while originally considered as late Llandovery, it is later considered to belong to the Ludlow Epoch instead.[1] It was the first described Silurian placoderm, and was the earliest known placoderm until Xiushanosteus was described,[2] known from distinctively ordered plates.

Description

Plates

Shimenolepis plates are very similar to the early Devonian yunnanolepid Zhanjilepis, also known from distinctively ornamented plates.[3]

References

  1. Pan, Zhaohui; Niu, Zhibin; Xian, Zumin; Zhu, Min (2023-01-03). "A novel specimen-based mid-Paleozoic dataset of antiarch placoderms (the most basal jawed vertebrates)" (in English). Earth System Science Data 15 (1): 41–51. doi:10.5194/essd-15-41-2023. ISSN 1866-3508. https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/41/2023/. 
  2. Zhu, You-an; Li, Qiang; Lu, Jing; Chen, Yang; Wang, Jianhua; Gai, Zhikun; Zhao, Wenjin; Wei, Guangbiao et al. (2022-09-01). "The oldest complete jawed vertebrates from the early Silurian of China". Nature 609 (7929): 954–958. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05136-8. ISSN 0028-0836. Bibcode2022Natur.609..954Z. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022Natur.609..954Z. 
  3. Wang Junqing (1991). "The Antiarchi from Early Silurian Hunan". Vertebrata PalAsiatica 21 (3): 240–244. Archived from the original on 2022-03-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20220329103344/http://www.ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200812/W020090813371153724613.pdf. Retrieved 2023-10-07. 

Wikidata ☰ Q49002446 entry