†Gigantopterus Abel 1906 (ray-finned fish)
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Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Thoracopteridae
Full reference: O. Abel. 1906. Fossile Flugfische. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 46:1-88
Parent taxon: Thoracopteridae according to C. C. Shen and G. Arratia 2022
See also Griffith 1977 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Italopterus, Moradebrichthys, Potanichthys, Thoracopterus
Subtaxa: Gigantopterus telleri
Type: Gigantopterus telleri
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Polzberg bei Lunz (NHMW collection) (Triassic of Austria)
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