Acrolepididae Temporal range:
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Acropholis stensioei fossil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Elonichthyiformes |
Family: | †Acrolepididae Aldinger, 1937 |
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Acrolepididae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish.[1] Genera referred to Acrolepididae existed from the Early Carboniferous period to the Early Triassic epoch. They were nektonic carnivores with a fusiform body.
Acrolepididae may be closely related with the Early Mesozoic Ptycholepididae.[2]