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(Redirected from Arctolepis decipiens) Extinct genus of fishes

Arctolepis
Temporal range: Early Devonian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Arctolepis at the Museum of Paleontology of Tuebingen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Clade: Phlyctaenioidei
Family: Arctolepididae
Genus: Arctolepis
Eastman, 1908
Species
  • Arctolepis brevis Heintz, 1929
  • Arctolepis decipiens Woodward, 1891
  • Arctolepis lata Heintz, 1929
  • Arctolepis lewini Heintz 1929
  • Arctolepis longicornis Heintz 1929
  • Arctolepis solnoerdali Heintz 1929

Arctolepis is an extinct genus of placoderm arthrodire fish which lived during the Early Devonian period (408 – 307 million years ago). Fossils of Arctolepis have been found in what is now Norway and Michigan.

Classification

Within Arthrodira, Arctolepis is considered a member of "Phylctaenii", a paraphyletic grouping within the clade Phlyctaenioidei, basal to the suborder Brachythoraci. Arctolepis is most closely related to Heintzosteus and Dicksonosteus.

Arctolepis contains the following six species:

  • Arctolepis brevis Heintz, 1929
  • Arctolepis decipiens Woodward, 1891
  • Arctolepis lata Heintz, 1929
  • Arctolepis lewini Heintz, 1929
  • Arctolepis longicornis Heintz, 1929
  • Arctolepis solnoerdali Heintz, 1929

References

  1. Miles R. S.; White Errol Ivor (1971-12-09). "The Holonematidae (placoderm fishes), a review based on new specimens of Holonema from the Upper Devonian of Western Australia". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 263 (849): 101–234. Bibcode:1971RSPTB.263..101M. doi:10.1098/rstb.1971.0111.
  2. "Arctolepis sp". science.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  3. Dupret, V.; Zhu, M. I. N.; Wang, J. N. Q. (2009). "The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.
Arthrodira
Gnathostomata
Placodermi
Arthrodira
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Arthrodira
Arthrodira
Wuttagoonaspidae
Phyllolepida
Phyllolepididae
Actinolepidae
Phlyctaenioidei
Phlyctaeniidae
Arctolepididae
Groenlandaspididae
Williamsaspididae
Brachythoraci
Holonematidae
Homostiidae
Migmatocephala
Buchanosteidae
Eubrachythoraci
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Kudjanowiaspis

Ailuracantha dorsofelis Dicksonosteus arctirus Cartieraspis

Groenlandaspis riniensis
Eubrachythoraci
Coccosteomorphi
Coccosteoidea
Coccosteidae
Panxiosteidae
Incisoscutoidea
Camuropiscidae
Pachyosteomorphi
Dunkleosteoidea
Heterosteidae
Aspinothoracidi
Brachydeiridae
Selenosteidae
Coccosteus cuspidatus Dunkleosteus terrelli Titanichthys termieri
Taxon identifiers
Arctolepis
Arctolepis brevis
Arctolepis decipiens
Arctolepis lata
Arctolepis lewini
Arctolepis longicornis
Arctolepis solnoerdali


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