Ardoreosomus
Ardoreosomus (meaning: "tropical body") is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish. It was described from the Induan aged Candelaria Formation[1] of Nevada, United States, which was located near the equator during the Early Triassic epoch. It is a ptycholepiform, closely resembling Boreosomus and Ptycholepis; however, Ardoreosomus is distinguished from other ptycholepidforms in having a more strongly angled hyomandibula and lacking an opercular process, among others.[2]
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| Family: | †Ptycholepidae |
| Genus: | †Ardoreosomus Romano et al., 2019 |
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| Ardoreosomus occidentalis Romano et al., 2019 | |
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
- Paleontology in Nevada
References
- Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Hautmann, Michael; Bucher, Hugo (2011). "Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Candelaria Hills (Nevada, USA) and their significance for palaeobiogeography and palaeoceanography" (PDF). Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 104: 161–181. doi:10.1007/s00015-011-0055-3. S2CID 129845606.
- Romano, Carlo; López-Arbarello, Adriana; Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Brinkmann, Winand (April 2019). "Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from the Candelaria Hills (Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA)". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (5): 971–1000. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.18.
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