Triassic Pholidophorus nests with Devonian Strunius

This is another overlooked relationship
assisted by a relabeling of fish skull bones using tetrapod names (Fig. 1).

Pholidophorus sp. (Agassiz 1832; Middle-Late Triassic; 40cm long) was a herring-like fish with primitive ganoid scales and poorly ossified spine. Traditionally considered an early teleost, with large eyes, here it nests with Late Devonian Strunius, but lacks the central process of the tail. Here the skull bones are re-identified with tetrapod labels. The pectoral and pelvic fins were similar in size.

Strunius rolandi (Jessen 1966; originally Glyptomus rolandi Gross 1956; 10 cm in length; Late Devonian) was considered a lobe-fin fish with ray fins. Here it nests with Cheirolepis, a traditional and transitional ray fin fish. The origin of the double naris in this lineage appears here as a split dividing the original single in two. The palate and possible choana are not known.

References
Agassiz L 1832. Untersuchungen über die fossilen Fische der Lias-Formation. Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde, 3, 139–149.
Agassiz JLR 1835. Recherches sur les Poissons fossiles, 5 volumes. Imprimerie de Petitpierre et Prince, Neuchaatel, 1420 pp.
Agassiz JLR 1835. On the fossil fishes of Scotland. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Edinburgh.

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