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Taxonomy from Skrzycka, 2014. Coccolepis aniscowitchi Gorizdro-Kulczycka 1926 has been ascribed to the genus Morrolepis, including the junior synonyms Coccolepis socialis, Coccolepis cockerelli and Coccolepis martynovi (Skrzycka, 2014). Emended diagnosis for M. aniscowitchi from Skrzycka 2014, p.15 “Morrolepis having parietal with a slender anterior part extending for two-thirds of its length, with a prolonged antero-medial corner. Amioid scales sensu Schultze (1996) with denticles on posterior margin. Lateral line scales with serration on posterior edge. Maxilla with a prominent postero-ventral corner. Small and irregularly spaced teeth, some minute.” Line drawing from Skrzycka, 2014 p. 20: References: Gorizdro-Kulczycka, F. (1926): Fishes of the Karatau shales. Izvestia Sredne-azjatskogo Komiteta 1, 184–192. [in Russian] Skrzycka, Roksana (2014): Revision of two relic actinopterygians from the Middle or Upper Jurassic Karabastau Formation, Karatau Range, Kazakhstan, Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2014.880267
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From the album: Oxford Clay Fauna
Coprolite Jurassic, Callovian Oxford Clay, Peterborough Member Hampton Lakes, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK A coprolite from an indeterminate marine predator, showing inclusions of nacre, partially digested bone, and fish scales of Pholidophorus? sp. (an indeterminate pholidophorid) and Coccolepis sp. (an enigmantic coccolepid).-
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