Altholepis

Altholepis; Temporal range: Lochkovian– Pragian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Altholepidiformes
Family:	Altholepididae
Genus:	Altholepis; Karatajūtė-Talimaa, 1997

Altholepis is an extinct genus of stem-chondrichthyian from the early Devonian. It is known by two described species: A. composita and A. salopensis. A. composita is the type species and was described in the Lochkovian of Ukraine. It is also reported from the Lochkovian and Pragian of Spain,^[1] as well as the Lochkovian of the MOTH site and Britain. A. salopensis was described out of the Lochovian aged lower Old Red Sandstone of Wales and southern England. It has been suggested all of these sites have other species that are currently undescribed.^[2]

^ MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C., DUPRET, V., MANZANARES, E., & BOTELLA, H. (2010). New data on the Lower Devonian chondrichthyan fauna from Celtiberia (Spain). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(5), 1622–1627. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501451
^ Burrow, C.J. and Turner, S. 2018. Stem chondrichthyan microfossils from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Welsh Borderland. Acta Geologica Polonica, 68 (3), 321−334. Warszawa.

[1] MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C., DUPRET, V., MANZANARES, E., & BOTELLA, H. (2010). New data on the Lower Devonian chondrichthyan fauna from Celtiberia (Spain). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30(5), 1622–1627. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501451

[2] Burrow, C.J. and Turner, S. 2018. Stem chondrichthyan microfossils from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Welsh Borderland. Acta Geologica Polonica, 68 (3), 321−334. Warszawa.

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