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Lophosteus Temporal range: Pridoli ~418.7–416 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Jaw bone
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Superclass:	Osteichthyes
Genus:	†Lophosteus Pander, 1856
Species:	†L. superbus
Binomial name
†Lophosteus superbus Pander, 1856

Lophosteus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish known from the Pridoli Ohesaare Formation of Estonia.

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-27.

External links

• Donglei Chen et al.: The developmental relationship between teeth and dermal odontodes in the most primitive bony fish Lophosteus. In: eLife. Dec 15, 2020. doi:10.7554/eLife.60985. Along with:

• Primitive fish fossils reveal developmental origins of teeth. On: EurekAlert! 15-Dec-2020

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