| Westollia Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Aeduelliformes |
| Family: | †Aeduellidae |
| Genus: | †Westollia White & Moy-Thomas, 1940 |
| Type species | |
| †Lepidopterus crassus (= †Westollia crassa) Pohlig, 1892 | |
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Westollia is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish only known at Gottlob Quarry, from the early Asselian Goldlauter Formation of Thuringia, Germany.[1][2]
The type and only species, Westollia crassa, was first described as Lepidopterus crassus, but because this genus name was preoccupied, a new genus name was given, Westollia, honoring Thomas Stanley Westoll. Redescription and study on the affinities of Westollia crassa was published by Štamberg (2024), who deesignated the complete specimen NHMS-GP1341 as its neotype.[2][3]
References
- "Westollia". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 24 Mar 2025.
- Štamberg, S. (2024). "Redescription of the actinopterygian fish Westollia crassa (Pohlig, 1892) (Aeduellidae) from the Permian sediments of Thuringia and its relationships to other Aeduellidae". PalZ. 98 (3): 491–508. Bibcode:2024PalZ...98..491S. doi:10.1007/s12542-024-00696-8.
- White, Errol Ivor; Moy-Thomas, James Alan (1940). "XXV. — Notes on the nomenclature of fossil fishes, 3. Homonyms M–Z". Journal of Natural History. Series 11. 7: 395–400. doi:10.1080/03745481.1941.9727941..
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