Gyrolepis

Not to be confused with Gyrolepidoides.

Gyrolepis
Temporal range: Anisian-Rhaetian
Gyrolepis albertii fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Palaeonisciformes
Family: †Palaeoniscidae
Genus: †Gyrolepis
Agassiz, 1833
Type species
Gyrolepis albertii
Agassiz 1833
Other species
  • †G. agassizi (Münster, 1835)
  • †G. angulisulcatus Oertle, 1927
  • †G. quenstedti Dames, 1888
  • †G. parcisquamosus Oertle, 1927
  • †G. pompeckji Oertle, 1927

Gyrolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Middle-Late Triassic epochs in what is now Europe.[1] It is known both from complete specimens and isolated skeletal elements, such as scales or teeth.

Isolated teeth and scales ascribed to Gyrolepis
  1. ^ Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (February 2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.