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Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chrysolepis is a genus of prehistoric marine lobe-finned fish that lived during the Late Devonian period.[1] It contains a single species, C. orlensis, known from the middle Famennian of Oryol Oblast, Russia.[2] It is the only member of the family Chrysolepididae, erected due to its highly distinct morphology unseen among other osteolepiforms. It may be the sister taxon to the eusthenopterids.[3]
Chrysolepis Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Order: | †Osteolepiformes |
Family: | †Chrysolepididae Borgen & Nakrem, 2016 |
Genus: | †Chrysolepis Lebedev, 1983 |
Species: | †C. orlensis |
Binomial name | |
†Chrysolepis orlensis Lebedev, 1983 | |
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