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†Pygopterus
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Pygopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Wuchiapingian to Olenekian ages ( late Permian to Early Triassic epochs) in what is now England, Germany ( Baden-Württemberg, Saxony-Anhalt), Greenland and Svalbard (Spitsbergen). [2] [3] It is one of the few genera of ray-finned fish known to cross the Permian-Triassic boundary. [3]
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Fossils have been found in the Marl Slate Formation, Kupferschiefer ( Werra Formation), Ravnefjeld Formation, Vikinghøgda Formation and Buntsandstein. [1] [2] A report about the discovery of this fish in Westphalian deposits of Belgium was likely caused by the presence of Nematoptychius which was referred to as Pygopterus in late 19th century. [4]
Synonyms
- Pygopterus greenockii Traquair, 1866 → Nematoptychius greenockii (Traquair, 1866) [1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Schultze, Hans-Peter; Mickle, Kathryn E.; Poplin, Cecile; Hilton, Eric J.; Grande, Lance (2021). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, 8A. Actinopterygii I. Palaeoniscimorpha, Stem Neopterygii, Chondrostei. Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München. p. 299. ISBN 978-3-89937-272-4.
- ^ a b Aldinger, Hermann (1937). "Permische Ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland". Meddelelser om Grønland (in German). 102 (3): 1–392.
- ^ a b Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi: 10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
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^ C. Derycke, R. Cloutier, A.-M. Candilier (1995).
"Palaeozoic vertebrates of northern France and Belgium: Part II - Chondrichthyes, Acanthodii, Actinopterygii (Uppermost Silurian to Carboniferous)". Geobios. 28 (1889–1890): 347.
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10.1016/S0016-6995(95)80136-7.
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