| Heterostrophus Temporal range: | |
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| Specimen of H. latus, Jura Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | †Dapediidae |
| Genus: | †Heterostrophus Wagner, 1863 |
| Species[2] | |
Heterostrophus is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Dapediidae.[3] It is known from the Jurassic of Europe, where it lived from the Middle to Late Jurassic epochs.[1] It was one of the last known members of its long-surviving family.
The following species are known:[1]
- H. latus Wagner, 1863 - Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of Germany (Solnhofen Formation)
- H. phillipsi Woodward, 1929 - Middle Jurassic (Callovian) of England (Oxford Clay)[4]
Indeterminate remains are also known from the earlier Callovian-aged Kellaways Formation of England.[5]
It is likely the sister genus to Dapedium, from which it differs in scale morphology.[6]
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2008-04-30. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- "Heterostrophus Wagner, 1863". www.gbif.org.
- Maxwell, E. E.; López-Arbarello, A. (2018). "A new species of the deep-bodied actinopterygian Dapedium from the Middle Jurassic (Aalenian) of southwestern Germany". PeerJ. 6 e5033. doi:10.7717/peerj.5033. PMC 6026462. PMID 29967726.
- Woodward, Arthur Smith (1929). "The Upper Jurassic Ganoid Fish Heterostrophus". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 99 (3): 561–566. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1929.tb07705.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
- Brown, David S.; Keen, John A. (1991). "AN EXTENSIVE MARINE VERTEBRATE FAUNA FROM THE KELLAWAYS SAND [CALLOVIAN, MIDDLE JURASSIC] OF LINCOLNSHIRE" (PDF). Mercian Geologist. 12 (2): 87–96.
- Gibson, Sarah Z. (2016-09-22). "Redescription and Phylogenetic Placement of †Hemicalypterus weiri Schaeffer, 1967 (Actinopterygii, Neopterygii) from the Triassic Chinle Formation, Southwestern United States: New Insights into Morphology, Ecological Niche, and Phylogeny". PLOS ONE. 11 (9) e0163657. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1163657G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163657. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5033578. PMID 27657923.