Acrolepis gigas Frič 1877 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepididae

Alternative combinations: Amblypterus gigas, Elonichthys gigas

Belongs to Acrolepis according to A. Fritsch 1895

See also Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Acrolepis barbarus, Acrolepis chuvashovi, Acrolepis frequens, Acrolepis hamiltoni, Acrolepis hopkinsi, Acrolepis hortonensis, Acrolepis hussakofi, Acrolepis laetus, Acrolepis languescens, Acrolepis macroderma, Acrolepis minichi, Acrolepis ortholepis, Acrolepis reticulata, Acrolepis sedgwickii, Acrolepis semigranulosa, Acrolepis tasmanicus, Acrolepis wilsoni

Type specimen: NMP M 125, a partial skeleton (Nearly complete fish with poorly preserved anal and caudal fins). Its type locality is Žilov, which is in a Stephanian B lacustrine horizon in the Slaný Formation of the Czech Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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