Westlepis Bender 2004 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes

Full reference: P. Bender. 2004. Late Permain Actinopterygii (palaeoniscid) fishes from the Beaufort Group, South Africa: biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications. Bulletin of the Council of Geosciences (South Africa) 135:1-84

Parent taxon: Actinopteri according to P. Bender 2004

Sister taxa: Aeduelliformes, Amphicentriformes, Anaglyphus, Angatubichthys, Bethesdaichthys, Blourugia, Discordichthyiformes, Docopteri, Dwykiidae, Frederichthys, Inichthyidae, Kenderlichthyidae, Kompasia, Lanarkichthys, Limnomis, Lysopteri, Melanecta, Merospondyli, Mesichthyes, Moythomasia, Nematoptychiidae, Neopterygii, Palaeobergiidae, Palaeophoxinus, Paphosisciformes, Phthinobranchii, Plectospondyli, Pseudohaplolepis, Scanilepidiformes, Tarrasiidae, Teleosteomorpha, Woodichthys

Subtaxa: Westlepis kempeni

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Type: Westlepis kempeni

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Blourug farm (Permian of South Africa)

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