Biology:Propterus

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Propterus
Propterus.jpg
Propterus microstomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Macrosemiiformes
Family:
Macrosemiidae
Genus:
Propterus

Propterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish of the Solnhofen Plattenkalk.[1]

Propterus elongatus Wagner 1863 from the Jurassic of Solnhofen, Germany

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7250451 entry