Ophiopsiella is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.
| Ophiopsiella Temporal range:
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| Ophiopsiella procera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Halecomorphi |
| Order: | †Ophiopsiformes |
| Family: | †Ophiopsiellidae |
| Genus: | †Ophiopsiella Lane & Ebert, 2015 |
| Type species | |
| Ophiopsiella procera Agassiz, 1844
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Taxonomy
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The type species, Ophiopsiella procera, described by Agassiz (1844),[2] was previously considered by some authors to be the type species for the genus Ophiopsis. However, Lane and Ebert (2015) noted that Ophiopsis originally included O. muensteri only when first erected by Agassiz (1834), so they erected the new genus Ophiopsiella for Ophiopsis procera, referring "Ophiopsis" attenuata Wagner (1863), "Ophiopsis" penicillata Agassiz (1843), "Ophiopsis" breviceps Egerton (1852), "Ophiopsis" dorsalis Agassiz (1843), "Ophiopsis" montsechensis Wenz (1968) and "Ophiopsis" lepturus Bellotti (1857) to the genus.[3]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Ophiopsiella". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
- ^ Agassiz, L. 1833–1845. Recherches sur les poissons fossils, Tome II. Recherches sur les poisons fossiles 1–5. Petitpierre et Soleure, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1420 pp. (with supplements)
- ^ Lane, J. A. & Ebert, M., 2015: A taxonomic reassessment of Ophiopsis (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes), with a revision of Upper Jurassic species from the Solnhofen Archipelago, and a new genus of Ophiopsidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35 (1): e883238. doi: 10.1080/02724634.2014.883238
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