Osteichthyes - Palaeonisciformes - Pygopteridae
Alternative combination: Pygopterus humboldii
Synonym: Pygopterus mandibularis Agassiz 1839
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1833. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (1re livraison) 1-48
Belongs to Pygopterus according to C. G. Diedrich 2009
See also Agassiz 1833, Agassiz 1835, Agassiz 1839, Agassiz 1843, Hay 1902, Holzapfel and Malzahn 1984, Howse 1848, King 1850, M'Coy 1855, Münster 1842 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Pygopterus bonnardi, Pygopterus concavus, Pygopterus crecelii, Pygopterus degeeri, Pygopterus gleerupi, Pygopterus greenockii, Pygopterus jamesoni, Pygopterus latus, Pygopterus lucius, Pygopterus nielseni, Pygopterus scoticus, Pygopterus sculptus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (10 collections), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences
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