Acrolepididae

Extinct family of fishes

For the family of moths, see Acrolepiidae.

Acrolepididae Temporal range: Tournaisian to Early Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Acropholis stensioei fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Elonichthyiformes
Family:	†Acrolepididae Aldinger, 1937
Genera
†Acrolepis †Acropholis †Challaia †Namaichthys †Plegmolepis †Reticulolepis
Synonyms
Acrolepidae Aldinger 1937

Acrolepididae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish.^[1] Genera referred to Acrolepididae existed from the Early Carboniferous period to the Early Triassic epoch. They were nektonic carnivores with a fusiform body.

Acrolepididae may be closely related with the Early Mesozoic Ptycholepididae.^[2]

Fossil of Acrolepis sedgwicki

Included genera and species

Genus †Acrolepis Agassiz, 1843
- †Acrolepis frequens Yankevich, 1996
- †Acrolepis gigas Frič, 1877
- †Acrolepis hamiltoni Johnston & Morton, 1890
- †Acrolepis hopkinsi M'Coy, 1848
- †Acrolepis hortonensis Dawson, 1868
- †Acrolepis? laetus Lambe, 1916 [Pteronisculus ? laetus]
- †Acrolepis languescens Yankevich, 1996
- †Acrolepis ortholepis Traquair, 1884
- †Acrolepis sedgwicki Agassiz, 1843 (type species)
- †Acrolepis semigranulosa Traquair, 1890
- †Acrolepis tasmanicus Johnston & Morton, 1891
- †Acrolepis wilsoni Traquair, 1888
Genus †Acropholis Aldinger, 1937
- †Acropholis stensioei Aldinger, 1937 (type species)
Genus †Challaia Rusconi, 1946
- †Challaia magna Rusconi, 1949 (type species)
- †Challaia elongata (Cabrera, 1944)
Genus †Namaichthys Gürich, 1923
- †Namaichthys digitata (Woodward, 1890)
- †Namaichthys schroederi Gürich, 1923 (type species)
Genus †Plegmolepis Aldinger, 1937
- †Plegmolepis groenlandica Aldinger, 1937
- †Plegmolepis kochi Aldinger, 1937 (type species)
Genus †Reticulolepis Westoll, 1934
- †Reticulolepis exsculpta (Kurtze, 1839)

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^ "Acrolepidae". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
^ Mutter, Raoul (2011). "A case study of the palaeobiogeography of Early Mesozoic actinopterygians, the family Ptycholepidae.". In Upchurch, P.; McGowan, A.J.; Slater, C.S.C. (eds.). Palaeogeography and Palaeobiogeography: Biodiversity in Space and Time. CRC Press, Boca Raton. pp. 143–171. doi:10.1201/b11176-12. ISBN 9780429150562.

see Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii	see below↓

†Austelliscus †Cheirolepis †Cuneognathus †Dialipina ? †Kentuckia †Krasnoyarichthys †Ligulalepis ? †Limnomis †Meemannia †Moythomasia †Naxilepis ? †Orvikuina ? †Osorioichthys †Palaeoneiros †Pickeringius †Raynerius †Stegotrachelus †Tegeolepis †Terenolepis ?
†Howqualepididae	Donnrosenia Howqualepis
†Mimiidae	Gogosardina Mimipiscis
Post-Devonian taxa	see below↓

Dorypterus
Bobasatraniidae	Bobasatrania Ebenaqua Ecrinesomus ?

Mesolepis Paramesolepis Proteurynotus Wardichthys
Amphicentridae	Amphicentrum Cheirodopsis Eurynotus
Styracopteridae	Benedenius Fouldenia Styracopterus