Pygopterus latus Egerton 1850 (ray-finned fish)

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)

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