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Porolepis
Sign in to savePorolepis is an extinct genus of porolepiform sarcopterygian fish, from the Early Devonian Dniester Series of Ukraine, which is rich in Porolepis remains, and also the Nellen Koepfchen Beds of Germany. It lived alongside the dubious lophotrochozoan Macrodontophion. It was first described in 1858 but Porolepis was not named as a sufficient species until 1891.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 504
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Porolepididae
- Collections
- NHMUK, YPM, NRM
- Recorded in
- Poland, United States, Norway
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Sarcopterygii
- Image
- Reconstruction of Porolepis sp.jpg
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Porolepis is an extinct genus of porolepiform sarcopterygian fish, from the Early Devonian Dniester Series of Ukraine, which is rich in Porolepis remains, and also the Nellen Koepfchen Beds of Germany. It lived alongside the dubious lophotrochozoan Macrodontophion. It was first described in 1858 but Porolepis was not named as a sufficient species until 1891.
==See also== Sarcopterygii List of sarcopterygians List of prehistoric bony fish
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