Remigolepis is a genus of antiarch placoderm from Devonian. Species are described from East Greenland, China, Tula region of Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Australia, Belgium. In addition, indeterminate remains are known from Old Red Sandstone in Scotland.[1][2][3]
Description
Remigolepis is a member of Asterolepidoidei, and it is considered as a sister taxon of Pambulaspis, while next most closely related genus is Asterolepis. R. walkeri from Mandagery Sandstone, Canowindra, New South Wales is known from over 1,000 specimens which shield length ranging between 7.8–18.5 centimetres (3.1–7.3 in).[1] While other Late Devonian antiarchs like Bothriolepis and Asterolepis lacked pelvic fins and had single dorsal fin, Remigolepis lacked both of pelvic and dorsal fins.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b c Johanson, Zerina (1997). "New Remigolepis (Placodermi; Antiarchi) from Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia". Geological Magazine. 134 (6): 813–846. Bibcode:1997GeoM..134..813J. doi:10.1017/S0016756897007838. ISSN 1469-5081.
- ^ Andrews, S. M. (1978). "A possible occurrence of Remigolepis in the topmost Old Red Sandstone of Berwickshire". Scottish Journal of Geology. 14 (4): 311–315. Bibcode:1978ScJG...14..311A. doi:10.1144/sjg14040311. ISSN 0036-9276.
- ^ Olive, Sébastien (2013). "Revision and updating of the antiarch (Placodermi, Vertebrata) fauna from the Devonian of Belgium with palaeobiogeographical considerations". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.00015.2013. ISSN 0567-7920.
- ^ Wang, Yajing; Zhu, Min (2022-06-08). Perry, George H; Burrow, Carole J; Dearden, Richard (eds.). "Squamation and scale morphology at the root of jawed vertebrates". eLife. 11: e76661. doi:10.7554/eLife.76661. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 9177148. PMID 35674421.
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