Actinolepis Temporal range: Early Devonian, 409.1–391.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Reconstruction of A. tuberculata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Family: | †Actinolepidae |
Genus: | †Actinolepis Agassiz, 1845 |
Type species | |
†Actinolepis tuberculata Agassiz, 1845 | |
Other species | |
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Actinolepis is an extinct genus of actinolepid placoderm from the Early Devonian. Four species are known: A. magna from Estonia, A. spinosa from Latvia (Sevy Dolomite), the type species A. tuberculata from New Zealand (Adam Mudstone Formation) and A. zaikai from Belarus (Lepel Beds).
Gallery
- Fragmentary dorsal armour of A. magna (specimen EMNH 203503); housed at the Estonian Museum of Natural History
References
- ^ http://www.palaeos.org/Actinolepidae
- ^ R. Denison. 1978. Placodermi. In H.-P. Schultze (ed.), Handbook of Palaeoichthyology 2:1-128
- ^ Mark-Kurik, Elga (1985). "Actinolepis spinosa n. sp. (Arthrodira) from the Early Devonian of Latvia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 5 (4): 287–292. doi:10.1080/02724634.1985.10011866. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ Dmitry P. Plax; Michael J. Newman (2020). "New Early Devonian (late Emsian) placoderms from Belarus". Journal of Paleontology. 94 (4): 773–787. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.6. S2CID 216191250.
- H. G. Johnson, D. K. Elliott, and J. H. Wittke. 2000. A new actinolepid arthrodire (Class Placodermi) from the Lower Devonian Sevy Dolomite, east-central Nevada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 129(2):241-266
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