Ascalabos

Ascalabos
Temporal range: Tithonian
Fossil of A. voithii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ascalaboidiformes
Family: Ascalaboidae
Genus: Ascalabos
Münster, 1839
Species:
A. voithii
Binomial name
Ascalabos voithii
Münster, 1839

Ascalabos is an extinct genus of marine ray-finned fish known from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany. It contains one species, A. voithii.[1][2] Some authorities synonymize it with Leptolepis.[3]

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  1. ^ Arratia, G. (2016-01-18). "New remarkable Late Jurassic teleosts from southern Germany: Ascalaboidae n. fam., its content, morphology, and phylogenetic relationships". Fossil Record. 19 (1): 31–59. Bibcode:2016FossR..19...31A. doi:10.5194/fr-19-31-2016. ISSN 2193-0066.
  2. ^ Arratia, Gloria; Schultze, Hans-Peter; Tischlinger, Helmut (2019-01-07). "On a remarkable new species of Tharsis, a Late Jurassic teleostean fish from southern Germany: its morphology and phylogenetic relationships". Fossil Record. 22 (1): 1–23. Bibcode:2019FossR..22....1A. doi:10.5194/fr-22-1-2019. ISSN 2193-0066.
  3. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-21.