Lophosteus

Extinct genus of fishes

Lophosteus
Temporal range: Pridoli
~418.7–416 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Genus:
Lophosteus
Binomial name
Lophosteus superbus
Pander 1856

Lophosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish known from the Pridoli Ohesaare Formation of Estonia.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  • Donglei Chen et al.: The developmental relationship between teeth and dermal odontodes in the most primitive bony fish Lophosteus. In: eLife. Dec 15, 2020. doi:10.7554/eLife.60985. Along with:
  • Primitive fish fossils reveal developmental origins of teeth. On: EurekAlert! 15-Dec-2020
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Taxon identifiers
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