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Allolepidotus
Temporal range: Late Ladinian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Halecomorphi
Order: Ionoscopiformes
Family: Subortichthyidae
Genus: Allolepidotus
Deecke, 1889
Species:
A. ruppelii
Binomial name
Allolepidotus ruppelii
(Bellotti, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Pholidophorus ruppelii Bellotti, 1857
  • Allolepidotus rueppelli (alternate spelling)

Allolepidotus ("different Lepidotes") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine holostean ray-finned fish from the Middle Triassic of Italy. It contains a single species, A. ruppelii, from the late Ladinian-aged Perledo-Varenna Formation. It was formerly referred to the halecomorph order Panxianichthyiformes, but is now thought to be a member of the Ionoscopiformes. The misspelled specific epithet (which is sometimes amended to rueppelli in later studies) honors naturalist Eduard Rüppell.[1][2][3][4]

The species A. bellottii was also formerly placed in this genus, but is now known to be a member of Eoeugnathus. The species A. nothosomoides, also placed in this genus, is now placed in its own genus, Perledovatus.[4]

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