Species

Lophosteus superbus Pander, 1856

Synonymy list
1856     Lophosteus superbus — Pander , pp. 62, fig. 6:23a-c
1856     Pterichthys harderi — Pander , pp. 63, fig. 5:9
1856     Pterichthys elegans — Pander , pp. 63, fig. 5:10a-d
1858     Lophosteus superbus — Schmidt , pp. 185
1891     Lophosteus superbus — Woodward , pp. 128
1893     Lophosteus superbus — Rohon , pp. 69-75, fig. 1:38+39; 3:66+67
1893     Lophosteus harderi — Rohon , pp. 75-76, fig. 1:48
1969     Lophosteus superbus — Gross , pp. 16-46, fig. 17 figs
1971     Lophosteus superbus — Gross , pp. 131-151, fig. 1-7,9A-H
1977     Lophosteus superbus — Schultze , pp. 152
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
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.
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Classification
Organism groupBiota
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Organism groupGnathostomata
SuperclassOsteichthyes
Classincertae sedis
OrderLophosteiformes
FamilyLophosteidae
GenusLophosteus
Speciescanadensis
connexus
ohesaarensis
superbus
uralensis
References based on distribution