Acrolepididae

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Acrolepididae
Temporal range: Tournaisian to Early Triassic
File:Acropholis stensioei.jpg
Acropholis stensioei fossil
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Elonichthyiformes
Family: Acrolepididae
Aldinger, 1937
Genera
Synonyms
  • Acrolepidae Aldinger 1937

Acrolepididae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish.[1] Genera referred to Acrolepididae existed from the Early Carboniferous period to the Early Triassic epoch. They were nektonic carnivores with a fusiform body.

Acrolepididae may be closely related with the Early Mesozoic Ptycholepididae.[2]

File:Acrolepis sedgwicki.jpg
Fossil of Acrolepis sedgwicki

Included genera and species

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