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
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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:Triassic fish of Europe
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