Gigantopterus

Gigantopterus Temporal range: Carnian[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Perleidiformes
Family:	†Thoracopteridae
Genus:	†Gigantopterus Abel, 1906
Type species
†Gigantopterus telleri Abel, 1906

Gigantopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch.[1]

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. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.

Further reading

• Tintori, A.; Sassi, D. (1992). "Thoracopterus Bronn (Osteichthyes: Actinopterygii): A gliding fish from the Upper Triassic of Europe". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 12 (3): 265–283. Bibcode:1992JVPal..12..265T. doi:10.1080/02724634.1992.10011459.
• Xu, G.-H.; Zhao, L.-J. (2015). "From Potanichthys to Wushaichthys: resolving the evolutionary origin and reproductive strategy of the Thoracopteridae: a reply to Tintori (2015)". Biology Letters. 11 (11): 20150604. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2015.0604. PMC 4685536. PMID 26538536.