†Dorypterus hoffmanni Germar 1842 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Dorypteridae

Synonym: Platysomus althausii Münster 1842

Full reference: A. Germar. 1842. I. Dorypterus hoffmanni, in Beschreibung einiger merkwürdigen Fische aus den Kupferschiefern von Richelsdorf und Eisleben. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 5:35-37

Belongs to Dorypterus according to C. G. Diedrich 2009

See also Geinitz 1861, Germar 1842, Hancock and Howse 1870, Münster 1842 and Westoll 1941

Sister taxon: Dorypterus althausi

Type specimens:

  • Dorypterus hoffmanni: GPIUH, a skeleton
  • Platysomus althausii: Its type locality is Richelsdorf (Althaus coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Kupferschiefer Formation of Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Germany (3 collections), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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