Species
Andreolepis petri Märss, 2001
Type specimen data
Taxon description
Märss, 2001a
The spine and head platelets are covered with elongate tubercles or short ridges. Scales are elongate or deep rhomboidal and flattened; the free field carries up to nine nearly parallel ridges each terminating with a spike, or the posterior margin is uneven; ridges are separated from each other by very narrow grooves. Overlapped and overlapping areas are well developed. Antero-dorsal process of the base is relatively long; viscerally occurs a dorso-ventrally directed keel.
Synonymy list
2001 Andreolepis petri sp. nov. — Märss , pp. 180, fig. pl. 2
Selection of related publications
Märss, T. 2001. Andreolepis (Actinopterygii) in the Upper Silurian of northern Eurasia. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Geology 50, 3, 174-189. DOI:10.3176/geol.2001.3.03
Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Subphylum | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
Superclass | Osteichthyes |
Class | Actinopterygii |
Superorder | Palaeoniscimorpha |
Order | Andreolepidiformes |
Family | Andreolepididae |
Genus | Andreolepis |
Species | hedei |
petri |
References based on distribution
- Märss, 2001a Tabuska, Ural Mountains Ludlow