Osteichthyes - Elonichthyiformes - Elonichthyidae

Synonyms: Amblypterus elongatus Langenhan 1905, Amblypterus gracilis Langenhan 1905, Amblypterus regelii Langenhan 1905, Pygopterus antiquus Langenhan 1905

Belongs to Elonichthys according to Friedrich 1878

Sister taxa: Elonichthys addamsi, Elonichthys armatus, Elonichthys binneyi, Elonichthys brownii, Elonichthys caudalis, Elonichthys contortus, Elonichthys davidi, Elonichthys denticulatus, Elonichthys disjunctus, Elonichthys egertoni, Elonichthys elegans, Elonichthys ellsi, Elonichthys germari, Elonichthys gondwanus, Elonichthys hypsilepis, Elonichthys insolitus, Elonichthys krejcii, Elonichthys macropercularis, Elonichthys multistriatus, Elonichthys natalis, Elonichthys oblongus, Elonichthys ortholepis, Elonichthys peltigerus, Elonichthys perpennatus, Elonichthys portlocki, Elonichthys pulcherrimus, Elonichthys punctatus, Elonichthys remotus, Elonichthys robisoni, Elonichthys semilineatus, Elonichthys semistriatus, Elonichthys serratus, Elonichthys striatulus, Elonichthys sweeti, Elonichthys whaitsi, Elonichthys wolffi

Type specimens:

• Elonichthys fritschi: GPIUH E1
• Amblypterus elongatus:
• Amblypterus gracilis:
• Amblypterus regelii:
• Pygopterus antiquus:

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lebach (Permian of Germany)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.