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Extinct genus of fishes Not to be confused with Gyrolepidoides.

Gyrolepis
Temporal range: Anisian-Rhaetian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Gyrolepis albertii fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Palaeonisciformes
Family: Palaeoniscidae
Genus: Gyrolepis
Agassiz, 1833
Type species
Gyrolepis albertii
Agassiz 1833
Other species
  • G. agassizi (Münster, 1835)
  • G. angulisulcatus Oertle, 1927
  • G. quenstedti Dames, 1888
  • G. parcisquamosus Oertle, 1927
  • G. pompeckji Oertle, 1927

Gyrolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Middle-Late Triassic epochs in what is now Europe. It is known both from complete specimens and isolated skeletal elements, such as scales or teeth.

Isolated teeth and scales ascribed to Gyrolepis

See also

References

  1. Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (February 2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.

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Acrolepis gigas

Amblypterus macropterus Birgeria sp. Birgeria sp. Amphicentrum granulosum Mamulichthys ignotus Palaeoniscum freieslebeni

Taxon identifiers
Gyrolepis


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