Aulolepis Explained

Aulolepis (from Greek, Modern (1453-);: ανλος, 'pipe' and Greek, Modern (1453-);: λεπίς 'scale')^[1] is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the upper Cenomanian and early Turonian. It contains a single species, A. typus from the Chalk Group of the United Kingdom and the Hesseltal Formation of Germany.^{[2] [3]}

It is generally classified as a member of the Ctenothrissiformes, a group of basal mid-Cretaceous acanthomorphs.^{[4] [5]} However, one as-of-yet unpublished study has found it to be an aulopiform instead.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Book: Roberts . George . An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology . 1839 . Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans . London . 13 . 29 December 2021 . English.
2. Book: Hunt . Adrian P. . Vertebrate Coprolites: Bulletin 57 . Milàn . Jesper . Lucas . Spencer G. . Spielmann . Justin A. . 2012 . New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science . en.
3. Amalfitano . Jacopo . Giusberti . Luca . Fornaciari . Eliana . Carnevale . Giorgio . 2020-04-03 . UPPER CENOMANIAN FISHES FROM THE BONARELLI LEVEL (OAE2) OF NORTHEASTERN ITALY . Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia . en . 126 . 2 . 10.13130/2039-4942/13224 . 2039-4942.
4. Dornburg . Alex . Townsend . Jeffrey P. . Friedman . Matt . Near . Thomas J. . 2014-08-08 . Phylogenetic informativeness reconciles ray-finned fish molecular divergence times . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 14 . 1 . 169 . 10.1186/s12862-014-0169-0 . 1471-2148 . 4236503 . 25103329 . free.
5. Web site: PBDB . 2024-02-28 . paleobiodb.org.
6. Delbarre . Daniel J. . 2015 . Anatomy and relationships of †Aulolepis (†Ctenothrissiformes: †Aulolepidae): Implications for deep divergences within eurypterygian fishes . Palaeontographical Society ResearchFund Reports . 3–4.