Ascalabos
Extinct genus of ray-finned fishes
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Ascalabos is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish known from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany. It contains one species, A. voithii.[1][2] Some authorities synonymize it with Leptolepis.[3]
| Ascalabos Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of A. voithii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | †Ascalaboidiformes |
| Family: | †Ascalaboidae |
| Genus: | †Ascalabos Münster, 1839 |
| Species: | †A. voithii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ascalabos voithii Münster, 1839 | |
