Heterostrophus

Heterostrophus
Temporal range: Callovian- Early Tithonian[1]
Heterostrophus latus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Dapediiformes
Family: †Dapediidae
Genus: †Heterostrophus
Wagner, 1863
Species[2]
  • †Heterostrophus latus
    Wagner, 1863 (Type)
  • †Heterostrophus phillipsi
    Woodward, 1928

Heterostrophus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Dapediidae.[3] It lived from the Callovian stage of the Middle Jurassic epoch to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.[1]

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 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "Heterostrophus Wagner, 1863". www.gbif.org.
  3. ^ Maxwell, E. E.; López-Arbarello, A. (2018). "A new species of the deep-bodied actinopterygian Dapedium from the Middle Jurassic (Aalenian) of southwestern Germany". PeerJ. 6: e5033. doi:10.7717/peerj.5033. PMC 6026462. PMID 29967726.


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