Biology:Ligulalepis
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Genus: | †Ligulalepis Schultze 1968 |
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| †Ligulalepis toombsi Schultze 1968 | |
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Ligulalepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.[1] Ligulalepis was first described from isolated scales found in the Taemas-Wee jasper limestones of New South Wales (Early Devonian age) by Dr Hans-Peter Schultze (1968[2]) and further material described by Burrow (1994).[3] A nearly complete skull found in the same general location was described in Nature by Basden et al. (2000) claiming the genus was closely related to basal ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii).[4] In 2015 Flinders University student Benedict King found a more complete new skull of this genus which was formally described by Clement et al. (2018), showing the fish to be on the stem of all osteichthyans.[5]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ Schultze, Hans-Peter (1968). "Palæoniscoidea-Schuppen aus dem Unterdevon Australiens und Kanadas und aus dem Mitteldevon Spitzbergens". Bulletin of the British Museum 16: 343–368. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259483525.
- ↑ Burrow, Carole J. (1994). "Form and function in scales of Ligulalepis toombsi Schultze, a palaeoniscoid from the Early Devonian of Australia". Records of the South Australian Museum 27 (2): 175–185. https://www.academia.edu/428063.
- ↑ Basden, Alison M.; Young, Gavin C.; Coates, Michael I.; Ritchie, Alex (January 2000). "The most primitive osteichthyan braincase?". Nature 403 (6766): 185–188. doi:10.1038/35003183. PMID 10646601. Bibcode: 2000Natur.403..185B.
- ↑ Clement, Alice M; King, Benedict; Giles, Sam; Choo, Brian; Ahlberg, Per E; Young, Gavin C; Long, John A (29 May 2018). "Neurocranial anatomy of an enigmatic Early Devonian fish sheds light on early osteichthyan evolution". eLife 7. doi:10.7554/eLife.34349. PMID 29807569.
Wikidata ☰ Q6546876 entry
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