''Porolepis'' is an extinct genus of
porolepiform
Porolepiformes is an Order (biology), order of prehistoric lobe-finned fish which lived during the Devonian geological period, period (about 416 to 359 million years ago). The group contains two family (biology), families: Holoptychiidae and Poro ...
sarcopterygian fish, from the
Early Devonian
The Early Devonian is the first of three Epoch (geology), epochs comprising the Devonian period, corresponding to the Lower Devonian Series (stratigraphy), series. It lasted from and began with the Lochkovian Stage , which was followed by the P ...
Dniester Series
The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...
of
Ukraine
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, which is rich in ''Porolepis'' remains, and also the
Nellen Koepfchen Beds of
Germany
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. It lived alongside the dubious
lophotrochozoa
Lophotrochozoa (, "crest/wheel animals") is a clade of protostome animals within the Spiralia. The taxon was established as a monophyletic group based on molecular evidence. The clade includes animals like annelids, molluscs, bryozoans, brachi ...
n ''
Macrodontophion
''Macrodontophion'' (meaning "long-toothed snake") is the name given to a dubious genus of lophotrochozoan from the Early Devonian Dniester Series of Podolia, Ukraine. It was described by Adalbert Zborzewsky in 1834, but was never given a species ...
''. It was first described in 1858 but ''Porolepis'' was not named as a sufficient species until 1891.
[ A. S. Woodward. (1891) Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. ''Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History)'' 2]
See also
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Sarcopterygii
Sarcopterygii (; ) — sometimes considered synonymous with Crossopterygii () — is a taxon (traditionally a class or subclass) of the bony fishes known as the lobe-finned fishes. The group Tetrapoda, a mostly terrestrial superclass includi ...
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List of sarcopterygians
This list of lobe-finned fish is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the class Sarcopterygii, excluding purely vernacular terms and Tetrapods. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that a ...
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List of prehistoric bony fish
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References
Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera
Fossil taxa described in 1891
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