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Propterus

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

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Propterus
Temporal range:
Propterus microstomus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: Semionotiformes
Family: Macrosemiidae
Genus: Propterus
Agassiz, 1834

Propterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish of the Solnhofen Plattenkalk.1

Propterus elongatus Wagner 1863 from the Jurassic of Solnhofen, Germany source ↗
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References

  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.