The generic name Aleosteus comes from the Ancient Greco-Roman game "alea", a game of chance involving dice, as an allusion to Nevada's reputation for gambling. The species name eganensis is based on the type locality in the Egan Mountain Range in Nevada.[1]
^ abJohnson, H.G.; Elliot, David; Wittke, James (2000). "A new actinolepid arthrodire (Class Placodermi) from the lower Devonian Sevy Dolomite, East-Centrai Nevada". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 129: 241–266. doi:10.1006/zjls.1999.0206.
^Dupret, V.; Zhu, M. I. N.; Wang, J. N. Q. (2009). "The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.
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aleosteus, extinct, monospecific, genus, arthrodire, placoderm, fish, early, devonian, period, type, species, eganensis, described, 2000, found, late, emsian, strate, sevy, dolomite, formation, egan, range, east, central, nevada, almost, complete, fossils, bel. Aleosteus is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm fish of the Early Devonian period The type species Aleosteus eganensis was described in 2000 and was found in the Late Emsian strate of the Sevy Dolomite Formation in the Egan Range of east central Nevada USA Almost complete fossils belong to juvenile and adult specimens and show a short and broad skull posteriorly concave 1 AleosteusTemporal range Early Devonian Late Emsian 407 393 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg NScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass PlacodermiOrder ArthrodiraGenus AleosteusJohnson et al 2000Species Aleosteus eganensis Johnson et al 2000 type Etymology editThe generic name Aleosteus comes from the Ancient Greco Roman game alea a game of chance involving dice as an allusion to Nevada s reputation for gambling The species name eganensis is based on the type locality in the Egan Mountain Range in Nevada 1 Classification editAleosteus is one of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira closely related to Simblaspis as shown in the cladogram below 2 Lunaspis broiliiEurycaraspis incilisArthrodira Yujiangolepis liujingensisAntarctaspis mcmurdoensisWuttagoonaspidae Yiminaspis shenmeWuttagoonaspis fletcheriAethaspis majorAethaspis utahensisLehmanosteus hyperboreusAleosteus eganensisSimblaspis cachensisKujdanowiaspis buczacziensisKujdanowiaspis podolicaErikaspis zychiSigaspis lepidophoraEskimaspis heintziBaringaspis dineleyiProaethaspis ohioensisAnarthraspis chamberliniHeightingtonaspis anglicaPhyllolepida Gavinaspis convergensPhyllolepis orviniAustrophyllolepis sp Cowralepis mclachlaniPlacolepis budawangensisActinolepidae Bollandaspis woschmidtiActinolepis spinosaActinolepis magnaActinolepis tuberculataBryantolepis brachycephalusPhlyctaenioidei PhlyctaeniidaeGroenlandaspidaeArctaspidae Dicksonosteus arcticusArctolepidaeBrachythoraci Actinolepidoidei PhlyctaeniinaReferences edit a b Johnson H G Elliot David Wittke James 2000 A new actinolepid arthrodire Class Placodermi from the lower Devonian Sevy Dolomite East Centrai Nevada Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 129 241 266 doi 10 1006 zjls 1999 0206 Dupret V Zhu M I N Wang J N Q 2009 The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis Placodermi Arthrodira from the Pragian of Guangxi south China and its phylogenetic significance Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 70 doi 10 1111 j 1096 3642 2009 00519 x nbsp This article about a placoderm is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aleosteus amp oldid 1184023120, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
