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†Morrolepis
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Morrolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric coccolepidid " palaeoniscoid" ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Jurassic and earliest Cretaceous epochs in Europe, Asia and North America. [1]
The type species is Morrolepis schaefferi from the Morrison Formation ( Colorado, Utah), measuring approximately 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length. [2] The other species were previously referred to the genus Coccolepis. [1] Including M. andrewsi ( Woodward, 1891) from the earliest Cretaceous ( Berriasian) Purbeck Group, England and M. aniscowitchi (Gorizdor-Kulczycka, 1926) from the late Middle Jurassic-early Late Jurassic ( Callovian/ Oxfordian) Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
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References
- ^ a b Skrzycka, Roksana (2014). "Revision of two relic actinopterygians from the Middle or Upper Jurassic Karabastau Formation, Karatau Range, Kazakhstan". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 38 (3): 364–390. doi: 10.1080/03115518.2014.880267. S2CID 129308632.
- ^ Kirkland, James Ian (1998). "Morrison fishes". Modern Geology. 22: 503–533.
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| Morrolepis | |
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| Morrolepis aniscowitchi fossil | |
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†Morrolepis
Kirkland, 1998
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†Morrolepis schaefferi
Kirkland, 1998
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| Other species | |
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Morrolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric coccolepidid " palaeoniscoid" ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Jurassic and earliest Cretaceous epochs in Europe, Asia and North America. [1]
The type species is Morrolepis schaefferi from the Morrison Formation ( Colorado, Utah), measuring approximately 20 centimetres (7.9 in) in length. [2] The other species were previously referred to the genus Coccolepis. [1] Including M. andrewsi ( Woodward, 1891) from the earliest Cretaceous ( Berriasian) Purbeck Group, England and M. aniscowitchi (Gorizdor-Kulczycka, 1926) from the late Middle Jurassic-early Late Jurassic ( Callovian/ Oxfordian) Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.
See also
References
- ^ a b Skrzycka, Roksana (2014). "Revision of two relic actinopterygians from the Middle or Upper Jurassic Karabastau Formation, Karatau Range, Kazakhstan". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 38 (3): 364–390. doi: 10.1080/03115518.2014.880267. S2CID 129308632.
- ^ Kirkland, James Ian (1998). "Morrison fishes". Modern Geology. 22: 503–533.
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