Candelarialepis
Extinct genus of fishes
Candelarialepis Temporal range: Induan PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Candelarialepis from the Candelaria Formation of Nevada, USA | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Parasemionotiformes |
Family: | †Parasemionotidae |
Genus: | †Candelarialepis Romano et al., 2019 |
Type species | |
†Candelarialepis argentus Romano et al., 2019 |
Candelarialepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Induan age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Nevada. It contains a single species, C. argentus.[1] It was described from the Candelaria Formation.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Romano, Carlo; López-Arbarello, Adriana; Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Brinkmann, Winand (April 2019). "Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from the Candelaria Hills (Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA)". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (5): 971–1000. Bibcode:2019JPal...93..971R. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.18. S2CID 155564297.
- ^ Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Hautmann, Michael; Bucher, Hugo (2011). "Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Candelaria Hills (Nevada, USA) and their significance for palaeobiogeography and palaeoceanography" (PDF). Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 104: 161–181. doi:10.1007/s00015-011-0055-3. S2CID 129845606.
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