Acrolepididae
Extinct family of fishes
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Acrolepididae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish.[1] Genera referred to Acrolepididae existed from the Early Carboniferous period to the Early Triassic epoch. They were nektonic carnivores with a fusiform body.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Elonichthyiformes |
| Family: | †Acrolepididae Aldinger, 1937 |
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Acrolepididae may be closely related with the Early Mesozoic Ptycholepididae.[2]
Included genera and species
- Genus †Acrolepis Agassiz, 1843
- †Acrolepis frequens Yankevich, 1996
- †Acrolepis gigas Frič, 1877
- †Acrolepis hamiltoni Johnston & Morton, 1890
- †Acrolepis hopkinsi M'Coy, 1848
- †Acrolepis hortonensis Dawson, 1868
- †Acrolepis? laetus Lambe, 1916 [Pteronisculus? laetus]
- †Acrolepis languescens Yankevich, 1996
- †Acrolepis ortholepis Traquair, 1884
- †Acrolepis sedgwicki Agassiz, 1843 (type species)
- †Acrolepis semigranulosa Traquair, 1890
- †Acrolepis tasmanicus Johnston & Morton, 1891
- †Acrolepis wilsoni Traquair, 1888
- Genus †Acropholis Aldinger, 1937
- †Acropholis stensioei Aldinger, 1937 (type species)
- Genus †Challaia Rusconi, 1946
- †Challaia magna Rusconi, 1949 (type species)
- †Challaia elongata (Cabrera, 1944)
- Genus †Namaichthys Gürich, 1923
- †Namaichthys digitata (Woodward, 1890)
- †Namaichthys schroederi Gürich, 1923 (type species)
- Genus †Plegmolepis Aldinger, 1937
- †Plegmolepis groenlandica Aldinger, 1937
- †Plegmolepis kochi Aldinger, 1937 (type species)
- Genus †Reticulolepis Westoll, 1934
- †Reticulolepis exsculpta (Kurtze, 1839)
