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Pygopterus
Temporal range: Wuchiapingian–Olenekian
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P. humboldti fossil
(Museum of Paleontology, Tübingen)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Family:
Pygopteridae
Genus:
Pygopterus

Agassiz, 1833
Type species
Palaeothrissium humboldti
Blainville, 1818
Other species[1]
  • P. degeeri Stensiö, 1921
  • P. crecelli Wilser, 1923
  • P. gleerupi Aldinger, 1937
  • P. nielseni Aldinger, 1937

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]

Pygopterus humboldti
Pygopterus humboldti fossil

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]

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b Aldinger, Hermann (1937). "Permische Ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland". Meddelelser om Grønland (in German). 102 (3): 1–392.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(95)80136-7.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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