Aetheolepis

Aetheolepis mirabilis is an extinct species of prehistoric archaeomaenid ray-finned fish that lived in freshwater environments in what is now Western Australia and New South Wales. A. mirabilis is easily distinguished from other archaeomaenids by having a deep, discoid-shaped body. Fossils of A. mirabilis have been found in the Talbragar River fossil beds of New South Wales and the Colalura Sandstone of Western Australia.[1] Named first by A.S. Woodward in 1865 along with other Talbragar fish.[2]

Aetheolepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Actinopterygii
Family:
Archaeomaenidae
Genus:
Aetheolepis
Species:
A. mirabilis
Binomial name
Aetheolepis mirabilis
Woodward 1895

See also
  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Bean, Lynne B. “Reappraisal of Mesozoic Fishes and Associated Invertebrates and Flora from Talbragar and Koonwarra, Eastern Australia.” Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, vol. 129, no. 1, 2017, p. 7., doi:10.1071/rs17001.


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