Ligulalepis
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| Genus: | Ligulalepis Schultze 1968
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Ligulalepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.[1] Ligulalepis was first described from isolated scales found in the Taemas-Wee jasper limestones of New South Wales (Early Devonian age) by Dr Hans-Peter Schultze (1968[2]) and further material described by Burrow (1994)[3]. A nearly complete skull found in the same general location was described in Nature by Basden et al. (2000) claiming the genus was closely related to basal ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)[4].In 2015 Flinders University student Benedict King found a more complete new skull of this genus which was formally described by Clement et al. (2018), showing the fish to be on the stem of all osteichthyans[5].
See also
References
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259483525_Palaeoniscoidea-Schuppen_aus_dem_Unterdevon_Australiens_und_Kanadas_und_aus_dem_Mitteldevon_Spitzbergens
- ^ https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/4084734/burrow1994RSAM.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1527490561&Signature=PVKTQ3y3Lo0YJ9oEDvOS59Kj4C0%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DForm_and_function_in_scales_of_Ligulalep.pdf
- ^ https://www.nature.com/articles/35003183
- ^ https://elifesciences.org/articles/34349
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