Glyptolepis (fish) explained

Glyptolepis is an extinct genus of porolepiform lobe-finned fish which lived during Devonian Period, from the early Eifelian to Frasnian Age.[1] [2] [3] Species include Glyptolepis baltica, Glyptolepis groenlandica, and Glyptolepis leptopterus.[4] [5]

Glyptolepis is considered a stem lungfish, and its pectoral fins especially resemble those of the extant lungfish Neoceratodus.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Underwhelming fossil fish of the month: February 2014. Mark Carnall. 28 February 2014. Museums & Collections Blog. University College London. 29 September 2015.
  2. Book: Richard Cloutier . Per Erik Ahlberg . amp . Melanie L.J. Stiassny . Lynne R. Parenti . G. David Johnson . Interrelationships of Fishes. Morphology, Characters, and the Interrelationships of Basal Sarcopterygians. 1996. 457. Academic Press . 9780080534923. https://books.google.com/books?id=H20q9rqZENsC&dq=Glyptolepis+genus&pg=PA457.
  3. Per Erik Ahlberg. 1992. A new holoptychiid porolepiform fish from the Upper Frasnian of Elgin, Scotland. Palaeontology. 35. 4. 813 - 828.
  4. Ahlberg . Per Erik . June 1989 . Paired fin skeletons and relationships of the fossil group Porolepiformes (Osteichthyes: Sarcopterygii) . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . en . 96 . 2 . 119–166 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1989.tb01824.x . 0024-4082.
  5. Web site: Glyptolepis leptopterus . 2024-01-25 . Landscapes of Orkney . en-US.

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