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Extinct genus of fishes

Dollopterus
Temporal range: Anisian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Neopterygii
Genus: Dollopterus
Abel, 1906
Species
  • D. brunsvicensis Stolley, 1920
  • D. subserratus Stolley, 1920
  • D. volitans (Compter, 1892)

Dollopterus (meaning "Dollo's wing") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch. It contains several species known primarily from the Muschelkalk of Germany.

The following species are known:

  • D. brunsvicensis Stolley, 1920 - Anisian of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony
  • D. subserratus Stolley, 1920 - Anisian of Lower Saxony
  • D. volitans (Compter, 1892) - Anisian of Lower Saxony

Indeterminate remains are known from the Netherlands.

See also

References

  1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
Neopterygii
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
    • see below↓
Neopterygii
Neopterygii
Pholidopleuriformes?
Redfieldiiformes?
Platysiagidae
Polzbergiiformes
Cleithrolepididae
Polzbergiidae
Colobodontidae
Perleididae
Louwoichthyiformes
Louwoichthyidae
Pseudobeaconiidae
Luganoiiformes
Peltopleuriformes
Peltopleuridae
Thoracopteridae
Dapediidae
Pycnodontiformes
Holostei
Ginglymodi
Halecomorphi
Teleostei
    • see Teleostei
    • includes the majority of modern fish
Redfieldius sp.

Caelatichthys nitens Feroxichthys panzhouensis Perleidus altolepis Dapedium

Pycnodontiform
Taxon identifiers
Dollopterus


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