Acropholis

Acropholis Temporal range: Wuchiapingian272.5–254.0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A. stensioei fossil, Geological Museum, Copenhagen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Elonichthyiformes
Family:	†Acrolepididae
Genus:	†Acropholis Aldinger, 1937
Type species
†A. stensioei Aldinger, 1937
Species
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Acropholis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine bony fish that lived during the Wuchiapingian age (Lopingian/late Permian epoch) in what is now Greenland and Hesse (Germany).[2][3]

The following species are known:[1]

• A. kamensis Esin, 1995
• A. silantievi Esin and Mashin, 1996
• A. stensioiei Aldinger, 1937

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. "†Acropholis Aldinger 1937 (ray-finned fish)". The Paleobiology Database.
2. Aldinger, Hermann (1937). "Permische Ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland". Meddelelser om Grønland (in German). 102 (3): 1–392.
3. Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.