Biology:Sargodon
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Order: | †Dapediiformes[2]
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| Genus: | †Sargodon Plieninger, 1847
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| †Sargodon tomicus Plieninger, 1847
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Sargodon is an extinct genus of neopterygian ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle and Late Triassic epochs in what is now Europe.[1]
The type and only species is Sargodon tomicus.
Occurrence
Fossils of Sargodon tomicus are found in rocks of Ladinian (late Middle Triassic) to Rhaetian (latest Triassic) age. Remains have been described from Austria (Lower Austria, Vorarlberg), England, Italy (Campania, Lombardy), Germany (Baden-Württemberg), Poland (Tatra Mountains) and Switzerland (Graubünden).[1][2] It is known from both complete specimens, which could reach body lengths of about 1 m (3.3 ft), and isolated dental plates that provided a triturating surface, suggesting that these animals fed on shelled organisms.
See also
- Prehistoric fish
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Latimer, A. E.; Giles, S. (2018). "A giant dapediid from the Late Triassic of Switzerland and insights into neopterygian phylogeny". Royal Society Open Science 5 (8): 180497. doi:10.1098/rsos.180497. PMID 30225040. Bibcode: 2018RSOS....580497L.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7423959 entry
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