Ligulalepis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
Genus: | †
Ligulalepis Schultze 1968 |
Type species | |
†Ligulalepis toombsi 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]
Ligulalepis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
Genus: | †
Ligulalepis Schultze 1968 |
Type species | |
†Ligulalepis toombsi Schultze 1968 | |
Species | |
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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]