Dinopteryx

Dinopteryx; Temporal range: Late Santonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Polymixiiformes
Family:	†Dinopterygidae; Jordan, 1923
Genus:	†Dinopteryx; Woodward, 1901
Species:	†D. spinosus
Binomial name
	†Dinopteryx spinosus; (Davis, 1887)
Synonyms
	†Hoplopteryx spinosus Davis, 1887;

Dinopteryx ("terrible wing") is an extinct genus of prehistoric beardfish from the Late Cretaceous period.^[2] It contains a single species, D. spinosus, known from the Santonian of Lebanon (Sahel Alma).^[1] It is the only member of the extinct family Dinopterygidae, which is considered a distinct family of the Polymixiiformes.^[3]^[4] It was previously placed in the genus Hoplopteryx.^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
^ Laan, Richard Van Der (2018-10-11). "Family-group names of fossil fishes". European Journal of Taxonomy (466): 1–167. doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.466.
^ Murray, Alison M. (2014). "Mid-Cretaceous acanthomorph fishes with the description of a new species from the Turonian of Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 1: 101–115. doi:10.18435/B5CC78. ISSN 2292-1389.
^ Davis, James William (1887). The Fossil Fishes of the Chalk of Mount Lebanon, in Syria. Royal Dublin Society.
^ Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Woodward, Arthur Smith (1901). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini. order of the Trustees.

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[sepkoskidb-1] Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.

[2] "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-08-24.

[3] Laan, Richard Van Der (2018-10-11). "Family-group names of fossil fishes". European Journal of Taxonomy (466): 1–167. doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.466.

[4] Murray, Alison M. (2014). "Mid-Cretaceous acanthomorph fishes with the description of a new species from the Turonian of Lac des Bois, Northwest Territories, Canada". Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology. 1: 101–115. doi:10.18435/B5CC78. ISSN 2292-1389.

[5] Davis, James William (1887). The Fossil Fishes of the Chalk of Mount Lebanon, in Syria. Royal Dublin Society.

[6] Geology, British Museum (Natural History) Department of; Woodward, Arthur Smith (1901). Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History): Actinopterygian Teleostomi of the suborders Isospondyli (in part), Ostariophysi, Apodes, Percesoces, Hemibranchii, Acanthopterygii, and Anacanthini. order of the Trustees.

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