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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Subclass: | Neopterygii |
| Genus: | †Dollopterus Abel, 1906 |
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Dollopterus (meaning "Dollo's wing") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch.1 It contains several species known primarily from the Muschelkalk of Germany.
The following species are known:23
- D. brunsvicensis Stolley, 1920 - Anisian of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony
- D. subserratus Stolley, 1920 - Anisian of Lower Saxony
- D. volitans (Compter, 1892) - Anisian of Lower Saxony
Indeterminate remains are known from the Netherlands.2
References
References
- 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.
- Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
- "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-12.