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Acropholis stensioei

Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepidae

Taxonomy
Acropholis stensioei was named by Aldinger (1937). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Spath Plateau, River 14, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine siliciclastic in the Ravnefjeld Formation of Greenland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Acropholis stensioei Aldinger p. 37 figs. 4-13,77; pl 5-10; pl 11, figs 1-3; pl 12-14; pl 24, fig 1
2022Acropholis stensioei Esin and Bakaev p. 1354

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
Actinopterygii()
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyAcrolepidae
genusAcropholis
speciesstensioei

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Acropholis stensioei Aldinger 1937
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Diagnosis
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