†Pygopterus latus Egerton 1850 (ray-finned fish)
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Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae
Full reference: P. Egerton. 1850. New fish descriptions. A Monograph of the Permian Fossils of England 233-236
Belongs to Pygopterus according to P. Egerton 1850
See also Bakaev 2022 and Schultze et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Pygopterus bonnardi, Pygopterus concavus, Pygopterus crecelii, Pygopterus degeeri, Pygopterus gleerupi, Pygopterus greenockii, Pygopterus humboldti, Pygopterus jamesoni, Pygopterus lucius, Pygopterus nielseni, Pygopterus scoticus, Pygopterus sculptus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ferry Hill (Permian of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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