Ophiopsiella
Ophiopsiella is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish closely related to the bowfin.
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| Order: | Ionoscopiformes |
| Family: | Ophiopsidae |
| Genus: | Ophiopsiella |
Taxonomy
The type species, Ophiopsiella procera, described by Agassiz (1844),[1] was previously considered by some authors to be the Ophiopsis type species. However, Lane and Ebert (2015) noted that Ophiopsis originally included O. muensteri only when first erected by Agassiz (1834), so they erected the new genus Ophiopsiella for Ophiopsis procera, referring "Ophiopsis" attenuata Wagner (1863), "Ophiopsis" penicillata Agassiz (1843), "Ophiopsis" breviceps Egerton (1852), "Ophiopsis" dorsalis Agassiz (1843), "Ophiopsis" montsechensis Wenz (1968) and "Ophiopsis" lepturus Bellotti (1857) to the genus.[2]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- Agassiz, L. 1833–1845. Recherches sur les poissons fossils, Tome II. Recherches sur les poisons fossiles 1–5. Petitpierre et Soleure, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1420 pp. (with supplements)
- Lane, J. A. & Ebert, M., 2015: A taxonomic reassessment of Ophiopsis (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes), with a revision of Upper Jurassic species from the Solnhofen Archipelago, and a new genus of Ophiopsidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35 (1): e883238. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2014.883238
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