A new teleost (Osteichthyes, Actinopterygii) from the Early Jurassic Posidonia shale of Northern Germany

A new teleostean genus and species, <i>Paraleptolepis wiedenrothi</i>, is described from the Lower Liassic of Germany. The fish has an overall similarity with <i>Leptolepis coryphaenoides</i> (from different Lower Liassic European localities) but differs from <i>L. cory...

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Main Authors: G. Arratia, D. Thies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2001-01-01
Series:Fossil Record
Online Access:http://www.foss-rec.net/4/167/2001/fr-4-167-2001.pdf