Biology:Gigantopterus
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Gigantopterus ("giant wing") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived around what is now Europe during the Late Triassic epoch.[1] A single species is known, G. telleri from the Carnian-aged Reingrabener Schiefer of Austria.[2][3] Like its close relative Thoracopterus, it had convergently evolved large pectoral fins reminiscent of modern flying fish. Tintori & Sassi (1992) suggested that it may be synonymous with Thoracopterus[4], but Shen & Arratia (2021) reaffirmed it as being a distinct genus.[5]
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ "PBDB Taxon" (in en). https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35103.
- ↑ Griffith, John (1977). "The Upper Triassic fishes from Polzberg bei Lunz, Austria" (in en). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 60 (1): 1–93. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb00834.x. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb00834.x.
- ↑ Tintori, Andrea; Sassi, Davide (1992-09-03). "Thoracopterus Bronn (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii): A gliding fish from the Upper Triassic of Europe" (in en). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12 (3): 265–283. doi:10.1080/02724634.1992.10011459. ISSN 0272-4634. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.1992.10011459.
- ↑ Shen, Chenchen; Arratia, Gloria (2021-10-02). "Re-description of the sexually dimorphic peltopleuriform fishWushaichthys exquisitus(Middle Triassic, China): taxonomic implications and phylogenetic relationships" (in en). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19 (19): 1317–1342. doi:10.1080/14772019.2022.2029595. ISSN 1477-2019. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772019.2022.2029595.
Further reading
- Tintori, A.; Sassi, D. (1992). "Thoracopterus Bronn (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii): A gliding fish from the Upper Triassic of Europe". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 12 (3): 265–283. doi:10.1080/02724634.1992.10011459. Bibcode: 1992JVPal..12..265T.
- Xu, G.-H.; Zhao, L.-J. (2015). "From Potanichthys to Wushaichthys: resolving the evolutionary origin and reproductive strategy of the Thoracopteridae: a reply to Tintori (2015)". Biology Letters 11 (11). doi:10.1098/rsbl.2015.0604. PMID 26538536.
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