Amblypterus Temporal range:
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Amblypterus latus fossil | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Paramblypteriformes |
Genus: | †
Amblypterus Agassiz, 1833 |
Type species | |
†Amblypterus latus Agassiz, 1833
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Species | |
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Amblypterus (from Greek: ἀμβλύς amblys, 'blunt' and Greek: πτερόν pteron 'wing' or 'fin') [1] is an extinct genus of freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Gzhelian (upper Carboniferous) and Cisuralian (lower Permian) epoch in what is now Europe (Czech Republic, France, Germany, Switzerland) and possibly India and Argentina. [2] [3] Potential indeterminate records stretch as far back as the early Carboniferous. [4]
This genus displays close similarities to Paramblypterus, to the extent that both may be synonymous, although presently they are considered distinct. The type specimen of A. latus is lost. [5]
The following species are known: [4]
Amblypterus Temporal range:
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Amblypterus latus fossil | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Paramblypteriformes |
Genus: | †
Amblypterus Agassiz, 1833 |
Type species | |
†Amblypterus latus Agassiz, 1833
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Species | |
See text |
Amblypterus (from Greek: ἀμβλύς amblys, 'blunt' and Greek: πτερόν pteron 'wing' or 'fin') [1] is an extinct genus of freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Gzhelian (upper Carboniferous) and Cisuralian (lower Permian) epoch in what is now Europe (Czech Republic, France, Germany, Switzerland) and possibly India and Argentina. [2] [3] Potential indeterminate records stretch as far back as the early Carboniferous. [4]
This genus displays close similarities to Paramblypterus, to the extent that both may be synonymous, although presently they are considered distinct. The type specimen of A. latus is lost. [5]
The following species are known: [4]