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
Belongs to Andrewsolepis according to F. M. Elliott 2018
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: GLAHM 152858, a partial skull (Near complete skull roof and counterpart). Its type locality is Ardenrigg Colliery, pit number 6, Wester Bracco, which is in a Westphalian A fluvial-deltaic shale/coal in the Scottish Lower Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ardenrigg Colliery, pit number 6, Wester Bracco
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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