Extinct genus of fishes
Ardoreosomus tropical body") is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish . It was described from the Induan aged Candelaria Formation [ 1] Nevada , United States , which was located near the equator during the Early Triassic epoch . It contains only one species, A. occidentalis (monotypy ).
Ardoreosomus is a ptycholepiform , closely resembling Boreosomus Ptycholepis Ardoreosomus is distinguished from other ptycholepiforms in having a more strongly angled hyomandibula and lacking an opercular process, among other features.[ 2]
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References
^ Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Hautmann, Michael; Bucher, Hugo (2011). "Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Candelaria Hills (Nevada, USA) and their significance for palaeobiogeography and palaeoceanography" (PDF) . Swiss Journal of Geosciences 104 (1): 161–181. Bibcode :2011SwJG..104..161W . doi :10.1007/s00015-011-0055-3 . S2CID 129845606 . ^ Romano, Carlo; López-Arbarello, Adriana; Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Brinkmann, Winand (April 2019). "Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from the Candelaria Hills (Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA)". Journal of Paleontology . 93 (5): 971–1000. Bibcode :2019JPal...93..971R . doi :10.1017/jpa.2019.18 . S2CID 155564297 .
