Propterus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Tithonian}}

| image = Propterus.jpg

| image_caption = Propterus microstomus

| taxon = Propterus

| authority = Agassiz, 1834

}}

Propterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish of the Solnhofen Plattenkalk.{{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 }}

File:Propterus elongatus Wagner 1863 Ob Jura Solnhofen Ch821.jpg