Ophiopsiella is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.

Ophiopsiella
Ophiopsiella procera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Synonyms[1]
  • Eusemius Vetter, 1881

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

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  1. ^ "Ophiopsiella". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-10-04.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ 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