Chrysolepis orlensis

Chrysolepis; Temporal range: Middle Famennian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Order:	†Osteolepiformes
Family:	†Chrysolepididae; Borgen & Nakrem, 2016
Genus:	†Chrysolepis; Lebedev, 1983
Species:	†C. orlensis
Binomial name
	†Chrysolepis orlensis; Lebedev, 1983

Chrysolepis is a genus of prehistoric marine lobe-finned fish that lived during the Late Devonian period.^[1] It contains a single species, C. orlensis, known from the middle Famennian of Oryol Oblast, Russia.^[2] It is the only member of the family Chrysolepididae, erected due to its highly distinct morphology unseen among other osteolepiforms. It may be the sister taxon to the eusthenopterids.^[3]

References

^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
^ Lebedev, Oleg (1995-01-01). "Middle Famennian (Upper Devonian)Chondrichthyans and Sarcopterygians from Oryol region; Central Russia". Geobios. Premiers Vertandébrandés et Vertandébrandés Infandérieurs. 28: 361–368. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(95)80139-1. ISSN 0016-6995.
^ Borgen, Ulf J.; Nakrem, Hans A. (2016). Morphology, phylogeny and taxonomy of osteolepiform fish. Fossils and Strata. Vol. 61. Wiley-Blackwell. doi:10.1002/9781119286448.ch1. ISBN 978-1-119-28643-1.

Lebedav, O. A., 1983, A new Crossopterygian Fish from the Central Devonian Region: Paleontological Journal, v. 16, part 4, p. 63-70. (Chrysolepis orlensis)