Chrysolepis orlensis
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
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Chrysolepis is a genus of prehistoric marine lobe-finned fish that lived during the Late Devonian period.[1] It contains a single species, C. orlensis, known from the middle Famennian of Oryol Oblast, Russia.[2] It is the only member of the family Chrysolepididae, erected due to its highly distinct morphology unseen among other osteolepiforms. It may be the sister taxon to the eusthenopterids.[3]
Phylum:Chordata
Class:†Osteolepidida
Order:†Osteolepiformes
Family:†Chrysolepididae
Borgen & Nakrem, 2016
Borgen & Nakrem, 2016
| Chrysolepis Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Osteolepidida |
| Order: | †Osteolepiformes |
| Family: | †Chrysolepididae Borgen & Nakrem, 2016 |
| Genus: | †Chrysolepis Lebedev, 1983 |
| Species: | †C. orlensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Chrysolepis orlensis Lebedev, 1983 | |
