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Ankylophorus

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Ankylophorus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ankylophoriformes
Family: Ankylophoridae
Genus: Ankylophorus
Gaudant, 1978
Species:
A. similis
Binomial name
Ankylophorus similis
(Woodward, 1895)

Ankylophorus is an extinct genus of stem-teleost ray-finned fish that lived in what is now France during the Late Jurassic. Its type and only species, Ankylophorus similis, was originally named in 1895 as a species of Pholidophorus, but was moved to a separate genus in 1978.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Gaudant, J. (1978). "Essai de révision taxonomique des "Pholidophorus" (Poissons Actinoptérygiens) du Jurassique supérieur de Cerin (Ain)". Publications du musée des Confluences (in French). 16: 101–121.
  2. ^ Taverne, L. (2013). "Osteology and relationships of Songaichthys luctacki gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Ankylophoriformes ord. nov.) from the Middle Jurassic (Songa Limestones) of Kisangani (Democratic Republic of the Congo)" (PDF). Geo-Eco-Trop. 37 (1): 33–52.