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Extinct genus of fishes

Asterodermus
Temporal range: Tithonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Asterodermus platypterus Fossil
from the Tithonian of Germany
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Rajiformes
Family: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Asterodermus
Agassiz, 1843

Asterodermus (from Greek: ἀστήρ aster, 'star' and Greek: δέρμα dérma, 'skin') is an extinct genus of guitarfish from the Jurassic Period. A single species, A. platypterus, is described. It is known mainly from the early Tithonian of Germany, including the famous Lagerstätte site of Solnhofen. Additionally, Asterodermus scales have been found among articulated skeletons of neoselachians from the Tithonian of southern Germany.

References

  1. Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 12. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. "Fossilworks: Asterodermus platypterus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. Thies, D. E. T. L. E. V., & Leidner, A. R. M. I. N. (2011). Sharks and guitarfishes (Elasmobranchii) from the Late Jurassic of Europe. Palaeodiversity, 4, 63-184.
  4. Thies, D. (1995). Placoid scales (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii) from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of northern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 15(3), 463-481. doi:10.1080/02724634.1995.10011242
Taxon identifiers
Asterodermus


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