Andreolepis hedei

Taxobox
name="Andreolepis hedei"
fossil_range=Late Silurian
regnum=Animalia
phylum=Chordata
class=Actinopterygii
ordo=Palaeonisciformes
familia=Andreolepididae
genus="Andreolepis"
species="A. hedei"
binomial="Andreolepis hedei"
binomial_authority=Gross, 1968

"Andreolepis hedei", an extinct prehistoric fish, has proven so far to be the earliest-known Actinopterygiian, living around 420 million years ago. It inhabited Russia, Sweden, Estonia, and Latvia.

References

* [http://www.kirj.ee/public/va_ge/g50-3-3.pdf "Andreolepis" (Actinopterygii) in the Upper Silurian of Northern Eurasia]
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=34968&is_real_user=1 The Paleobiology Database]