Ankylophorus

Ankylophorus; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Ankylophoriformes
Family:	†Ankylophoridae
Genus:	†Ankylophorus; Gaudant, 1978
Species:	†A. similis
Binomial name
	†Ankylophorus similis; (Woodward, 1895)

Ankylophorus is an extinct genus of stem-teleost ray-finned fish that lived in what is now France during the Late Jurassic. Its type and only species, Ankylophorus similis, was originally named in 1895 as a species of Pholidophorus, but was moved to a separate genus in 1978.[1][2]

References

Gaudant, J. (1978). "Essai de révision taxonomique des «Pholidophorus» (Poissons Actinoptérygiens) du Jurassique supérieur de Cerin (Ain)". Publications du musée des Confluences (in French). 16: 101–121.
Taverne, L. (2013). "Osteology and relationships of Songaichthys luctacki gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Ankylophoriformes ord. nov.) from the Middle Jurassic (Songa Limestones) of Kisangani (Democratic Republic of the Congo)" (PDF). Geo-Eco-Trop. 37 (1): 33–52.

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[Gaudant1978-1] Gaudant, J. (1978). "Essai de révision taxonomique des «Pholidophorus» (Poissons Actinoptérygiens) du Jurassique supérieur de Cerin (Ain)". Publications du musée des Confluences (in French). 16: 101–121.

[Taverne2013-2] Taverne, L. (2013). "Osteology and relationships of Songaichthys luctacki gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Ankylophoriformes ord. nov.) from the Middle Jurassic (Songa Limestones) of Kisangani (Democratic Republic of the Congo)" (PDF). Geo-Eco-Trop. 37 (1): 33–52.