Biology:Thoracopteridae
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Short description: Extinct family of ray-finned fishes
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| Thoracopterus magnificus fossil | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Order: | Peltopleuriformes Griffith 1977 sensu Xu et al. 2012
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| Family: | Thoracopteridae[1]
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Thoracopteridae is an extinct family of prehistoric bony fish; classified with the order Peltopleuriformes. This lineage of Triassic flying fish-like Perleidiformes converted their pectoral and pelvic fins into broad wings very similar to those of their modern counterparts. However, this group is not related to modern flying fish from the family Exocoetidae, instead being a case of convergent evolution.[2]
Classification
- Family †Thoracopteridae Griffith 1977 sensu Xu et al. 2012[3][4][5]
- Genus †Gigantopterus Abel 1906
- †Gigantopterus telleri Abel 1906
- Genus †Italopterus Shen & Arratia 2022[6]
- †Italopterus martinisi (Tintori & Sassi 1992)
- †Italopterus magnificus Tintori & Sassi 1987
- Genus †Potanichthys Xu et al. 2012
- †Potanichthys wushaensis Xu et al. 2012
- Genus †Pterygopterus Kner 1867 non Butler 1876
- †Pterygopterus apus Kner 1867 non Butler 1876
- Genus †Urocomus Costa 1862
- †Urocomus picenus Costa 1862
- Genus †Thoracopterus Bronn 1858
- †Thoracopterus niederristi Bronn 1858
- Genus †Gigantopterus Abel 1906
Bibliography
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
References
- ↑ "Thoracopteridae". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=200325.
- ↑ Xu, Guang-Hui; Zhao, Li-Jun; Gao, Ke-Qin; Wu, Fei-Xiang (7 January 2013). "A new stem-neopterygian fish from the Middle Triassic of China shows the earliest over-water gliding strategy of the vertebrates". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280 (1750): 20122261. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.2261. PMID 23118437.
- ↑ Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "†Peltopleuriformes". http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/actinopterygii/chondrostei/peltopleuriformes.html.
- ↑ Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.
- ↑ van der Laan, Richard (2016). Family-group names of fossil fishes. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303911230.
- ↑ Shen, Chenchen; Arratia, Gloria (2021-10-02). "Re-description of the sexually dimorphic peltopleuriform fish Wushaichthys exquisitus (Middle Triassic, China): taxonomic implications and phylogenetic relationships". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19 (19): 1317–1342. doi:10.1080/14772019.2022.2029595. ISSN 1477-2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2022.2029595.
Wikidata ☰ Q2428836 entry
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