Dictyopyge Egerton 1847 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Redfieldiidae

Alternative spelling: Dictyopype

Parent taxon: Redfieldiidae according to J. S. Nelson 2006

See also Hay 1902, Schaeffer and McDonald 1978 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Brookvalia, Cionichthys, Helichthys, Lasalichthys, Mauritanichthys, Redfieldius, Synorichthys

Subtaxa: Dictyopyge formosa Dictyopyge illustrans Dictyopyge macrurus Dictyopyge meekeri Dictyopyge robusta Dictyopyge symmetrica

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Type: Catopterus macrurus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), South Africa (1), United States (6: Virginia)

Total: 8 collections including 12 occurrences

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