Genus

Lophosteus Pander, 1856

Selection of related publications

Chen, D., Blom, H., Sanchez, S., Tafforeau, P., Märss, T., Ahlberg, P. E. 2020. The developmental relationship between teeth and dermal odontodes in the most primitive bony fish Lophosteus. eLife 9, e60985. DOI:10.7554/eLife.60985

Chen, D., Blom, H., Sanchez, S., Tafforeau, P., Märss, T., Ahlberg, P. E. 2017. Development of cyclic shedding teeth from semi-shedding teeth: the inner dental arcade of the stem osteichthyan Lophosteus. Royal Society Open Science 4, 5, 1-21. DOI:10.1098/rsos.161084

Jerve, A., Qu, Q., Sanchez, S., Blom, H., Ahlberg, P. E. 2016. Three-dimensional paleohistology of the scale and median fin spine of Lophosteus superbus (Pander 1856). PeerJ e2521, 1-29. DOI:10.7717/peerj.2521

Märss, T. 2006. Exoskeletal ultrasculpture of early vertebrates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26, 2, 235-252. DOI:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[235:EUOEV]2.0.CO;2

Schultze, H.-P., Märss, T. 2004. Revisiting Lophosteus, a primitive osteichthyan. Acta Universitatis Latviensis 679, 57-78. Latvijas Universitāte.

Märss, T. 1986. Silurian Vertebrates of Estonia and West Latvia. Fossilia Baltica 1. Fossilia Baltica 1, 1-104. Valgus.

List of species

1. Lophosteus connexus Märss, 1986 | Přidoli

2. Lophosteus ohesaarensis Schultze et Märss, 2004 | Ohesaare Stage

3. Lophosteus superbus Pander, 1856 | Přidoli

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Organism group	Gnathostomata
Superclass	Osteichthyes
Class	incertae sedis
Order	Lophosteiformes
Family	Lophosteidae
Genus	Lophosteus
Species	canadensis
	connexus
	ohesaarensis
	superbus
	uralensis