Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae
Full reference: H. Aldinger. 1937. Permische ganoidfische aus Ostgrönland. Meddelelser om Grønland 102(3):1-392
Belongs to Pygopterus according to I. Hoşgör and S. Štamberg 2014
See also Aldinger 1937
Sister taxa: Pygopterus bonnardi, Pygopterus concavus, Pygopterus crecelii, Pygopterus degeeri, Pygopterus gleerupi, Pygopterus greenockii, Pygopterus humboldti, Pygopterus jamesoni, Pygopterus latus, Pygopterus lucius, Pygopterus scoticus, Pygopterus sculptus
Type specimen: MGUH VP 413, a set of postcrania (Fish lacking head)
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Greenland (3 collections), Turkey (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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