Lophosteus
Appearance
Lophosteus Temporal range: Pridoli
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Jaw bone | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
Genus: | †Lophosteus Pander, 1856 |
Species: | †L. superbus
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Binomial name | |
†Lophosteus superbus Pander, 1856
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Lophosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish known from the Pridoli Ohesaare Formation of Estonia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
External links
[edit]- Donglei Chen et al.: The developmental relationship between teeth and dermal odontodes in the most primitive bony fish Lophosteus. In: eLife. Dec 15, 2020. doi:10.7554/eLife.60985. Along with:
- Primitive fish fossils reveal developmental origins of teeth. On: EurekAlert! 15-Dec-2020