Biology:Platysiagum

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Platysiagum
Temporal range: Early Anisian–Early Jurassic[1]
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Genus:
Platysiagum

Egerton, 1872
Binomial name
Platysiagum sclerocephalum
Egerton, 1872
Other species
  • P. minus Brough, 1939
  • P. sinensis Wen et al., 2019

Platysiagum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish belonging to the family Platysiagidae. Fossils are known from the Middle Triassic of China, Italy and Switzerland, and the Early Jurassic of England.[1]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7202833 entry