| Stichopterus Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acipenseriformes |
| Family: | † Peipiaosteidae |
| Genus: | †
Stichopterus Reis, 1909 |
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Stichopterus is an extinct genus of chondrostean ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Cretaceous epoch in Asia. [1] [2] It has been found in Russia ( Murtoi Formation) and Mongolia. [2]
The type species, Stichopterus woodwardi, was named and described in 1909. Since then, up to three other species have been named or were reallocated to Stichopterus, respectively. [3]
Stichopterus is similar to Peipiaosteus from China. Both genera belong to the family Peipiaosteidae, together with Liaosteus, Spherosteus, and Yanosteus. [3] [4] Peipiaosteidae are extinct relatives of Modern sturgeons and paddlefishes ( Acipenseroidei).
See also
References
- ^ a b Y. N. Jakovlev. 1986. Acipenseriformes, in Nasekomye v rannemelovykh ekosistemakh zapadnoy Mongolii. The Joint Soviet-Mongolian Palaeontological Expedition 28:178-182
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ a b Bemis, William E.; Findeis, Eric K.; Grande, Lance (1997). "An overview of Acipenseriformes". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 48 (1–4): 25–71. doi: 10.1023/A:1007370213924. S2CID 24961905.
- ^ Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance; Jin, Fan (2021). "Redescription of †Yanosteus longidorsalis Jin et al., 1995 (Chondrostei, Acipenseriformes, †Peipiaosteidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China". Journal of Paleontology. 95 (1): 170–183. doi: 10.1017/jpa.2020.80. S2CID 225158727.
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