Areyongalepis

Areyongalepis is a genus of prehistoric jawless fish that lived during the Ordovician period.

Areyongalepis
Temporal range: Ordovician
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Superclass: Agnatha
Genus: †Areyongalepis
Young, 2000
Species:
†A. oervigi
Binomial name
†Areyongalepis oervigi
(Young, 1997)[1]
Synonyms
Genus
  • Areyonga Young, 1997
Species
  • Areyonga oervigi Young, 1997

The genus was originally named Areyonga by Australian palaeontologist Gavin C. Young, but it turned out that the name had been preoccupied by Areyonga, a modern genus of wasp.[2] Young therefore renamed the fossil fish Areyongalepis in 2000.[3]

References
  1. Young, Gavin C. (1997). "Ordovician microvertebrate remains from the Amadeus Basin, central Australia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 17 (1): 1–25. doi:10.1080/02724634.1997.10010948.
  2. Gauld, I.D. (1984). "Subfamily Tersilochinae. In: An Introduction to the Ichneumonidae of Australia". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 895: 304–316.
  3. Young, Gavin C. (2000). "Areyongalepis, a replacement name for Areyonga Young 1997 (Preoccupied name)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (3): 611. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0611:AARNFA]2.0.CO;2.


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