Lophosteus

Lophosteus Temporal range: Pridoli ~418.7–416 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Jaw bone
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Superclass:	Osteichthyes
Genus:	†Lophosteus Pander, 1856
Species:	†L. superbus
Binomial name
†Lophosteus superbus Pander, 1856

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

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.

External links

• 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