Glyptolepis groenlandica Jarvik 1973 (lobe-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Porolepidiformes - Holoptychiidae

Full reference: E. Jarvik. 1973. Middle and Upper Devonian Porolepiformes from East Greenland with Special Reference to Glyptolepis groenlandica n. sp. and a Discussion of the Head in the Porolepiformes. Copeia 1973(4):825

Belongs to Glyptolepis according to P. E. Ahlberg 1989

See also Mondéjar‐Fernández et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Glyptolepis baltica, Glyptolepis elegans, Glyptolepis leptopterus, Glyptolepis microlepidotus, Glyptolepis paucidens

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Hesteskoen, Canning Land, (Red Siltstone) (Devonian of Greenland)

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