Kasanilepis Minich 1996 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae

Parent taxon: Acrolepidae according to A. S. Bakaev et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Acropholis, Challaia, Challaia cacheutensis, Challaia multidentata, Challaia striata, Gondwanichthys, Mesonichthys, Namaichthys, Palaeostrugia, Plegmolepis, Progyrolepis, Reticulolepis, Tholonotus, Watsonichthys

Subtaxa: Kasanilepis chupaevensis

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Chupaevsky Quarry (Permian of Russian Federation)

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