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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Palaeonisciformes Hay 1902
Family: Coccolepidae Berg 1940
Genus: Morrolepis
Species: Morrolepis aniscowitchi
Author Citation (Gorizdro-Kulczycka, 1926)
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Middle or Late
Karabastau Formation
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Length: 8.3 cm
Aulie
Karatau Range
Tian-Shan Mountains
Kazakhstan
Taxonomy from Skrzycka, 2014.
Coccolepis aniscowitchi Gorizdro-Kulczycka 1926 has been ascribed to the genus Morrolepis, including the junior synonyms Coccolepis socialis, Coccolepis cockerelli and Coccolepis martynovi (Skrzycka, 2014).
Emended diagnosis for M. aniscowitchi from Skrzycka 2014, p.15 “Morrolepis having parietal with a slender anterior part extending for two-thirds of its length, with a prolonged antero-medial corner. Amioid scales sensu Schultze (1996) with denticles on posterior margin. Lateral line scales with serration on posterior edge. Maxilla with a prominent postero-ventral corner. Small and irregularly spaced teeth, some minute.”
Line drawing from Skrzycka, 2014 p. 20:
References:
Gorizdro-Kulczycka, F. (1926): Fishes of the Karatau shales. Izvestia Sredne-azjatskogo Komiteta 1, 184–192. [in Russian]
Skrzycka, Roksana (2014): Revision of two relic actinopterygians from the Middle or Upper Jurassic Karabastau Formation, Karatau Range, Kazakhstan, Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2014.880267
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