Millerolepis Elliott 2014 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Actinopterygii - Haplolepidae

Full reference: F. M. Elliott. 2014. A new haplolepid fauna (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii) from the Lower Coal Measures of Scotland: Westphalian A; Langsettian, Carbonicola communis chronozone (Bashkirian). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 105(3):207-225

Parent taxon: Parahaplolepinae according to Elliott 2014

Sister taxa: Andrewsolepis, Braccohaplolepis, Parahaplolepis, Pyritocephalus

Subtaxa: Millerolepis eleionomae

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Type: Millerolepis eleionomae

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

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

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