Iberolepis
| Iberolepis Temporal range: Early Devonian, | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | †Cladoselachida |
| Genus: | †Iberolepis Mader, 1986 |
| Type species | |
| †Iberolepis aragonensis Mader, 1986 | |
Iberolepis (ibero meaning "Iberic" in Latin and lepis meaning "scale") is an extinct genus of cartilaginous fish, one of early elasmobranchii's from the Early Devonian found in Spain. It includes a single species, I. aragonensis, which is known only from scales.[1][2] The exact classification of this species is very incertain, he was originally classified as species of basal cladoselachiform, but recent studies suggest he bellongs to a separate and extinct order with your related genus, Lunalepis. Other fossils of Iberolepis found in same locality that represent indeterminate species, include a possible second species of same taxon.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ Martínez-Pérez, C.; Dupret, V.; Manzanares, E.; Botella, H. (2010). "New data on the Lower Devonian chondrichthyan fauna from Celtiberia (Spain)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (5): 1622–1627. doi:10.1080/02724634.2010.501451.
- ↑ Wang, Ronghu (1993). Taxonomie, Palökologie und Biostratigraphie der Mikroichthyolithen aus dem Unterdevon Keltiberiens, Spanien. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
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