Andrewsolepis Elliott 2018 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Actinopterygii - Haplolepidae

Full reference: F. M. Elliott. 2018. An early actinopterygian ichthyofauna from the Scottish Lower Coal Measures Formation: Westphalian A (Bashkirian). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107:351-394

Parent taxon: Parahaplolepinae according to F. M. Elliott 2018

Sister taxa: Braccohaplolepis, Millerolepis, Parahaplolepis, Pyritocephalus

Subtaxa: Andrewsolepis lochlani

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Type: Andrewsolepis lochlani

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ardenrigg Colliery, pit number 6, Wester Bracco (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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