Gigantopterus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|228|216|Carnian}}

| taxon = Gigantopterus

| authority = Abel, 1906

| type_species = {{extinct}}Gigantopterus telleri

| type_species_authority = Abel, 1906

}}

Gigantopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |year=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |accessdate=2009-02-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archivedate=2011-07-23 }}

See also

{{Portal|Paleontology|Fish}}

References

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Further reading

  • {{Cite journal

| last1=Tintori |first1=A.

| last2=Sassi |first2=D.

| title=Thoracopterus Bronn (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii): A gliding fish from the Upper Triassic of Europe

| journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

| volume=12

| issue=3

| pages=265–283

| year=1992

| url=

| doi=10.1080/02724634.1992.10011459

| jstor=

|bibcode=1992JVPal..12..265T

}}

  • {{Cite journal

| last1=Xu |first1=G.-H.

| last2=Zhao |first2=L.-J.

| title=From Potanichthys to Wushaichthys: resolving the evolutionary origin and reproductive strategy of the Thoracopteridae: a reply to Tintori (2015)

| journal=Biology Letters

| volume=11

| issue=11

| pages=20150604

| year=2015

| url=

| doi=10.1098/rsbl.2015.0604

| jstor=

|pmid=26538536

|pmc=4685536

| doi-access=free

}}

{{Neopterygii}}

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Category:Late Triassic fish

Category:Peltopleuriformes

Category:Triassic fish of Europe

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