Congophiopsis lepersonnei

Taxonavigation: Neopterygii
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii

Infraclassis: Holostei
Division: Halecomorphi
Ordo: †Ionoscopiformes
Familia: †Ophiopsidae
Genus: †Congophiopsis
Species: †Congophiopsis lepersonnei

Name

†Congophiopsis lepersonnei (de Saint-Seine, 1950)

Holotype: MRAC RG N° 2979: a nearly complete large specimen (right face, a small part of the caudal fin is missing)
Paratype: MRAC RG N° 8518: a nearly complete small specimen (left face, a great part of the caudal fin is missing)
Formation and locality: Songa Limestones (Stanleyville Formation), Lualaba river, 55 km South-East of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.

De Saint-Seine, P. 1950. Contribution à l’étude des vertébrés fossiles du Congo Belge. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge, Tervuren (Belgique), Série in-8°, Sciences Géologiques, 5: 1–32. Reference page.
Taverne, L. 2014. Osteology and phylogenetic relationships of Congophiopsis lepersonnei gen. nov. (Halecomorphi, Ionoscopiformes) from the Songa Limestones (Middle Jurassic, Stanleyville Formation), Democratic Republic of Congo. Geo-Eco-Trop 38(2): 223–240. PDF Reference page.