Scanilepis

Scanilepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Rhaetian-?Hettangian ages (Late Triassic-?Lower Jurassic boundary). The type species, S. dubia, is known from the Rhaetian freshwater deposits of the Bjuv member of the Höganäs Formation, southwestern Sweden.[4] A second species, S. spitzbergensis was mentioned from the Hettangian of the Festning section of the Grøfjorden area in Spitsbergen, Norway[5][6] but was never described.[2]

Scanilepis
Temporal range: Rhaetian-Hettangian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
†Scanilepiformes[1]
Family:
†Scanilepididae

Aldinger, 1935
Genus:
†Scanilepis

Aldinger, 1935
Type species
†Gyrolepis dubius
Woodward, 1893
Other species
Synonyms

Classification

This fish was originally identified as a member of the genus Gyrolepis, as Gyrolepis dubius, but was later assigned to its own genus (Scanilepis) and family (Scanilepididae),[5] and classified as a member of Palaeonisciformes.[6] Later works placed it as a taxon close to the origin of the family Amiidae, until it was found later to belong to its own order, Scanilepiformes.[7] Regarding to the microstructure of its scales, Scanilepis approaches the condition of Polypterus or Erpetoichthys more than any other genera.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
  2. Schultze, Hans-Peter; Mickle, Kathryn E.; Poplin, Cecile; Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance (2021). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, 8A. Actinopterygii I. Palaeoniscimorpha, Stem Neopterygii, Chondrostei. Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München. p. 299. ISBN 978-3-89937-272-4.
  3. Woodward, A. S. (1893). "Palaeoichthyological notes". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (1): 281–287.
  4. Lehman, J.-P. (1980). "Le genre Scanilepis Aldinger du Rhétien de la Scanie (Suède)". Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala (in French). 8 (1): 113–133.
  5. Aldinger, H. (1935). "Das Alter der jungpaläozoischen Posidonomyaschiefer von Ostgrönland". Meddelelser om Grønland (in German). 98: 1–24.
  6. Aldinger, H. (1937). "Permische Ganoidfisch aus Ostgrönland". Meddelelser om Grønland (in German). 102 (2): 1–392.
  7. Sytchevskaya, E. K. (1999). "Freshwater fish fauna from the Triassic of Northern Asia". In G. Arratia; H.-P. Schultze (eds.). Mesozoic Fishes 2 – Systematics and Fossil Record (PDF). München: Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. pp. 445–468. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  8. Ørvig, T. (1978). "Microstructure and growth of the dermal skeleton in fossil actinopterygian fishes: Birgeria and Scanilepis". Zoologica Scripta. 7 (1‐4): 33–56. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00587.x. S2CID 85412731. Retrieved 12 December 2021.


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