Westollia

Westollia
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Aeduelliformes
Family: †Aeduellidae
Genus: †
White & Moy-Thomas, 1940
Type species
†Lepidopterus crassus
Pohlig, 1892
Synonyms
  • †Lepidopterus Pohlig, 1892 non Agassiz 1846

Westollia is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish only known at Gottlob Quarry, from the early Asselian Goldlauter Formation of 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. Redescription and study on the affinities of Westollia crassa was published by Štamberg (2024), who deesignated the complete specimen NHMS-GP1341 as its neotype.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Westollia". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 24 Mar 2025.
  2. ^ a b Štamberg, S. (2024). "Redescription of the actinopterygian fish Westollia crassa (Pohlig, 1892) (Aeduellidae) from the Permian sediments of Thuringia and its relationships to other Aeduellidae". PalZ. 98 (3): 491–508. Bibcode:2024PalZ...98..491S. doi:10.1007/s12542-024-00696-8.
  3. ^ White, Errol Ivor; Moy-Thomas, James Alan (1940). "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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