†Varialepis orientalis Eichwald 1860 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Varialepididae
Synonyms: Amblypterus permensis Krotov 1904, Palaeoniscus tuberculatus Eichwald 1894
Belongs to Varialepis according to D. Esin 1995
See also Schultze et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Varialepis bergi, Varialepis oris, Varialepis stanislavi, Varialepis vitalii
Type specimens:
- Varialepis orientalis: TsNIGR 99/107, a partial skeleton (Anterior part of body without pectoral fin). Its type locality is Kargalinski Mines, PIN 1954, PIN 48, locality 12 of Tverdokhlebov et al. (2005), which is in an Urzhumian deltaic sandstone/conglomerate in the Amanakskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.
- Amblypterus permensis:
- Palaeoniscus tuberculatus:
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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