Westollia
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Aeduellidae
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Westollia

Type species
Lepidopterus crassus
Pohlig, 1892
Synonyms
  • Lepidopterus Pohlig, 1892 non Agassiz 1846

Westollia is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Asselian age (Cisuralian/early Permian) in what is now Thuringia, Germany.[1][2]

The type and only species, Westollia crassa, was first described as Lepidopterus crassus, but because this genus name was preoccupied, a new genus name was given, Westollia, honoring Thomas Stanley Westoll.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
  2. Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
  3. White, Errol Ivor; Moy-Thomas, James Alan (1941). "XXV. — Notes on the nomenclature of fossil fishes, 3. Homonyms M–Z". Journal of Natural History, Series 11. 7: 395–400. doi:10.1080/03745481.1941.9727941..


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