Aetheolepis
| Aetheolepis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Dapediiformes |
| Family: | †Dapediidae |
| Genus: | †Aetheolepis Woodward, 1895 |
| Species: | †A. mirabilis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Aetheolepis mirabilis Woodward, 1895
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Aetheolepis is an
archaeomaenid,[2] until a 2016 study instead recovered it as a member of the family Dapediidae.[3] Like other dapediids, it had a deep, discoid-shaped body. Fossils of A. mirabilis have been found in the Talbragar River fossil beds of New South Wales and the Colalura Sandstone of Western Australia.[1]
It was named by Arthur Smith Woodward in 1865 along with other Talbragar fish.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ doi:10.1071/rs17001.
- PMID 27657923.