Platysiagum

Platysiagum Temporal range: Early Anisian–Early Jurassic[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Platysiagiformes
Family:	†Platysiagidae
Genus:	†Platysiagum Egerton, 1872
Type species
†Platysiagum sclerocephalum Egerton, 1872
Other species
†P. minus Brough, 1939 †P. sinensis Wen et al., 2019

Platysiagum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish belonging to the family Platysiagidae. Fossils are known from the Middle Triassic of China, Italy and Switzerland, and the Early Jurassic of England.[1]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Wen, W.; Hu, S. X.; Zhang, Q. Y.; Benton, M. J.; Kriwet, J.; Chen, Z. Q.; Zhou, C. Y.; Xie, T.; Huang, J. Y. (April 2019). "A new species of Platysiagum from the Luoping Biota (Anisian, Middle Triassic, Yunnan, South China) reveals the relationship between Platysiagidae and Neopterygii". Geological Magazine. 156 (4): 669–682. Bibcode:2019GeoM..156..669W. doi:10.1017/S0016756818000079. hdl:1983/67be3458-c375-4742-b7b0-22e52c7b5040. ISSN 0016-7568. S2CID 134097409.