''Coccolepis'' is an extinct
genus
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of prehistoric marine
ray-finned fish
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in the family
Coccolepididae. Originally including most species within the family, it is now restricted to two species from the
Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third Epoch (geology), epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time scale, geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 143.1 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic stratum, strata.Owen ...
Solnhofen Limestone
The Solnhofen Limestone or Solnhofen Plattenkalk, formally known as the Altmühltal Formation, is a Jurassic Konservat-Lagerstätte that preserves a rare assemblage of fossilized organisms, including highly detailed imprints of soft bodied organi ...
of Germany.
The
holotype
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of ''C. bucklandi'', designated and described by
Louis Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Spending his early life in Switzerland, he recei ...
, was thought to be lost but was later rediscovered in
Neuchâtel
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.
Taxonomy
''Coccolepis'' contains the following species, both from Germany:
* †''C. bucklandi''
Agassiz
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history.
Spending his early life in Switzerland, he recei ...
, 1843
* †''C. solnhofensis''
López-Arbarello & Ebert, 2021
Some species originally referred to ''Coccolepis'' were later reallocated to other genera:
*''Coccolepis groeberi''
Bordas, 1943 → ''
Condorlepis groeberi''
(Bordas, 1943)
*''Coccolepis andrewsi''
Woodward, 1891 → ''
Morrolepis andrewsi''
(Woodward, 1891)
*''Coccolepis aniscowitchi''
Gorizdor-Kulczycka, 1926 → ''
Morrolepis aniscowitchi''
(Gorizdor-Kulczycka, 1926)
*''Coccolepis macroptera''
Traquair
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H ...
, 1911 → ''
Barbalepis macroptera''
(Traquair, 1911)
*''Coccolepis'' ''australis''
Woodward, 1895 → ''
Cacatualepis australis''
(Woodward, 1895)
"''Coccolepis''" ''liassica''
Woodward, 1890 (
Early Jurassic
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of the
Jurassic Coast
The Jurassic Coast, also known as the Dorset and East Devon Coast, is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about , and was ins ...
, United Kingdom) is not thought to be true member of ''Coccolepis'', but is still of uncertain phylogenetic placement.
See also
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Prehistoric fish
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List of prehistoric bony fish
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References
Prehistoric chondrostei
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Late Jurassic bony fish
Late Jurassic fish of Europe
Solnhofen fauna
Tithonian genera
Taxa named by Louis Agassiz
Fossil taxa described in 1843
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