Serrolepis

Serrolepis
Temporal range: Ladinian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Perleidiformes
Family: †Polzbergiidae
Genus: †Serrolepis
Quenstedt, 1885
Type species
†Serrolepis suevicus
Dames, 1888

Serrolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Ladinian age of the Middle Triassic epoch in what is now Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

It was a highly specialized small stem-neopterygian with strong jaws and a short head. Body shape is variable and known material appears to fall within several size classes & two morphotypes. Fossils of Serrolepis are known from the Middle Triassic Erfurt Formation of Germany.[1]

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References

  1. ^ Hagdorn, Hans; Mutter, Raoul J. (2011). "The vertebrate fauna of the Lower Keuper Albertibank (Erfurt Formation, Middle Triassic) in the vicinity of Schwäbisch Hall (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)" (PDF). Palaeodiversity. 4: 223–243.


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