Biology:Altholepis
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| Altholepis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Class: | Chondrichthyes
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| Order: | Altholepidiformes
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| Family: | Altholepididae
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| Genus: | Altholepis Karatajūtė-Talimaa, 1997
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Altholepis is an extinct genus of stem-chondrichthyian from the early Devonian. It is known by two described species: A. composita and A. salopensis. A. composita is the type species and was described in the Lochkovian of Ukraine. It is also reported from the Lochkovian and Pragian of Spain,[1] as well as the Lochkovian of the MOTH site and United Kingdom A. salopensis was described out of the Lochovian aged lower Old Red Sandstone of Wales and southern England . It has been suggested all of these sites have other species that are currently undescribed.[2]
References
- ↑ MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C., DUPRET, V., MANZANARES, E., & BOTELLA, H. (2010). New data on the Lower Devonian chondrichthyan fauna from Celtiberia (Spain). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(5), 1622–1627. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501451
- ↑ Burrow, C.J. and Turner, S. 2018. Stem chondrichthyan microfossils from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Welsh Borderland. Acta Geologica Polonica, 68 (3), 321−334. Warszawa.
Wikidata ☰ Q21345798 entry
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