Osteichthyes - Peltopleuriformes - Thoracopteridae
Synonym: Pterygopterus Kner 1867
Full reference: H. G. Bronn. 1858. Beiträge zur triasischen Fauna und Flora der bituminösen Schiefer von Raibl, I und II. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1858:1-32
Parent taxon: Thoracopteridae according to A. Tintori 2025
See also Abel 1906, Sepkoski 2002, Shen and Arratia 2022, Tintori and Sassi 1992 and Woodward 1895
Sister taxa: Gigantopterus, Italopterus, Moradebrichthys, Potanichthys
Subtaxa: Thoracopterus niederristi Thoracopterus wushaensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), China (6), Italy (5)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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