Asterodermus
| Asterodermus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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| Fossil from the Tithonian of Germany | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Clade: | Batomorphi |
| Order: | †Apolithabatiformes |
| Family: | †Spathobatidae |
| Genus: | †Asterodermus Agassiz, 1836 |
| Species: | †A. platypterus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Asterodermus platypterus Agassiz, 1836
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Asterodermus (from Greek: ἀστήρ aster, 'star' and Greek: δέρμα dérma, 'skin')[1] is an extinct genus of spathobatid rays from the Jurassic period.[2] A single species, A. platypterus, is described. It is known mainly from the early Tithonian of Germany, including the famous Lagerstätte site of Solnhofen.[3][4] Additionally, Asterodermus scales have been found among articulated skeletons of neoselachians from the Tithonian of southern Germany.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 12. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Asterodermus platypterus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Thies, D. E. T. L. E. V., & Leidner, A. R. M. I. N. (2011). Sharks and guitarfishes (Elasmobranchii) from the Late Jurassic of Europe. Palaeodiversity, 4, 63-184.
- ^ Türtscher, Julia; Jambura, Patrick L.; Spindler, Frederik; Kriwet, Jürgen (2025-01-23). "Insights into stem Batomorphii: A new holomorphic ray (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii) from the upper Jurassic of Germany". Plos ONE. 20 (1): e0310174. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310174. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11756912. PMID 39847754.
- ^ Thies, D. (1995). Placoid scales (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of northern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(3), 463-481. doi:10.1080/02724634.1995.10011242
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