Amblypterus
Amblypterus (from Greek: ἀμβλύς amblys, 'blunt' and Greek: πτερόν pteron 'wing' or 'fin')[1] is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Cisuralian (lower Permian) epoch in what is now Europe (Czech Republic, France, Germany, Switzerland) and possibly India and Argentina.[2][3]
Restoration of Amblypterus
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| Amblypterus latus fossil | |
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| Family: | †Amblypteridae |
| Genus: | †Amblypterus Agassiz, 1833 |
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| †Amblypterus latus Agassiz, 1833 | |
Synonymy
- Amblypterus blainvillei (Agassiz, 1833) → Aeduella blainvillei (Agassiz, 1833) [= Palaeoniscus blainvillei Agassiz, 1833, Palaeothrissum inaequilobum Blainville, 1818][4]
- Amblypterus eurypterygius Agassiz, 1833 → Rhabdolepis macroptera (Bronn, 1829)
- Amblypterus lateralis Agassiz, 1833 → Amblypterus latus Agassiz, 1833
References
- Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 6. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
- 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.
- Dietze, Kathrin (2000). "A revision of paramblypterid and amblypterid actinopterygians from Upper Carboniferous-Lower Permian lacustrine deposits of Central Europe". Palaeontology. 43: 927–966. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00156.
- Westoll, Thomas S. (1937). "LVII.—On a remarkable fish from the lower Permian of Autun, France". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10. 19 (114): 553–577. doi:10.1080/00222933708655302.
Further reading
- Evolution: The Grand Experiment by Carl Werner and Debbie Werner
- Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson
- A Pictorial Guide to Fossils by Gerard Ramon Case
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