Chrysolepis orlensis

This article is about a genus of prehistoric fish. For the plant genus, see Chrysolepis.

Chrysolepis
Temporal range: Middle Famennian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: †Osteolepiformes
Family: †Chrysolepididae
Borgen & Nakrem, 2016
Genus: †Chrysolepis
Lebedev, 1983
Species:
†C. orlensis
Binomial name
†Chrysolepis orlensis
Lebedev, 1983

Chrysolepis is a genus of prehistoric marine lobe-finned fish that lived during the Late Devonian period.[1] It contains a single species, C. orlensis, known from the middle Famennian of Oryol Oblast, Russia.[2] It is the only member of the family Chrysolepididae, erected due to its highly distinct morphology unseen among other osteolepiforms. It may be the sister taxon to the eusthenopterids.[3]

  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  2. ^ Lebedev, Oleg (1995-01-01). "Middle Famennian (Upper Devonian)Chondrichthyans and Sarcopterygians from Oryol region; Central Russia". Geobios. Premiers Vertandébrandés et Vertandébrandés Infandérieurs. 28: 361–368. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(95)80139-1. ISSN 0016-6995.
  3. ^ Borgen, Ulf J.; Nakrem, Hans A. (2016). Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of osteolepiform fish. Fossils and Strata. Vol. 61. Wiley-Blackwell. doi:10.1002/9781119286448.ch1. ISBN 978-1-119-28643-1.