Aphnelepis

Aphnelepis
Temporal range: Tithonian, ~151 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: †Archaeomaenidae
Genus: †Aphnelepis
Woodward, 1895
Species:
†A. australis
Binomial name
†Aphnelepis australis
Woodward, 1895

Aphnelepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Jurassic epoch.[1][2][3] It contains a single species, A. australis, from the Talbragar River beds of New South Wales, Australia.[4][5]

Initially described as a "semionotiform", it is now generally recovered as a basal teleostean related to the sympatric Archaeomaene. Some studies classify it in its own family, Aphnelepidae, which is sister to Aetheolepis, with both families together being sister to Archaeomaenidae.[2][4][6] However, Aphnelepidae is considered synonymous with Archaeomaenidae by other authorities.[7]

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References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ a b "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  3. ^ L. B. Bean. "The leptolepid fish Cavenderichthys talbragarensis (Woodward, 1895) from the Talbragar Fish Bed (Late Jurassic) near Gulgong, New South Wales | Western Australian Museum". museum.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  4. ^ a b Bean, Lynne B. (2017). "Reappraisal of Mesozoic fishes and associated invertebrates and flora from Talbragar and Koonwarra, eastern Australia". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 129 (1): 7–20. doi:10.1071/rs17001. ISSN 2204-1362.
  5. ^ Bean, L. B. (2021). "Revision of the Mesozoic freshwater fish clade Archaeomaenidae". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 45 (2): 217–259. doi:10.1080/03115518.2021.1937700. S2CID 237518065.
  6. ^ Taverne, Louis (2011). "Ostéologie et relations phylogénétiques de Steurbautichthys ("Pholidophophorus") aequatorialis gen. nov. (Teleostei, "Pholidophoriformes") du Jurassique moyen de Kisangani, en République Démocratique du Congo". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique - Bulletin van het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen. 81: 129–173.
  7. ^ Laan, Richard van der (2018-10-11). "Family-group names of fossil fishes". European Journal of Taxonomy (466). doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.466. ISSN 2118-9773.


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