Dicellopyge
| Dicellopyge Temporal range: Anisian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Palaeonisciformes |
| Family: | †Palaeoniscidae |
| Genus: | †Dicellopyge Brough, 1931 |
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| Dicellopyge macrodentata Brough, 1931
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Dicellopyge is an extinct genus of freshwater[1] ray-finned fish from the Triassic of South Africa. It is characterized by characteristics such as a short, blunt snout and a deeply cleft tail. Two species are known, D. macrodentata and D. lissocephalus, which were contemporaries and differed in scale and tail morphology. It was initially classified in its own family, the Dicellopygidae,[2] but has subsequently been referred to the Palaeoniscidae[3] as a close relative of Acrolepis, Cornuboniscus, , and the .[4] It coexisted with fish such as Lissodus, Elonichthys, Ceratodus, Coelacanthus, Helichthys, Meidiichthys, and .[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Fischer, Jan (2008). "Brief synopsis of the hybodont form taxon Lissodus BROUGH, 1935, with remarks on the environment and associated fauna". Freiberger Forschungshefte. 528 (16): 1–23.
- ^ Hutchinson, Peter (1975). "Two Triassic fish from South Africa and Australia, with comments on the evolution of the Chondrostei". Palaeontology. 18 (3): 613–629.
- ^ Poplin, Cecile; Lund, Richard (1997). "Evolution of the premaxillary in the primitive fossil actinopterygians" (PDF). Geodiversitas. 19 (3): 557–565.
- ^ Dietze, Kathrin (2000). "A Revision Of Paramblypterid And Amblypterid Actinopterygians From Upper Carboniferous–Lower Permian Lacustrine Deposits Of Central Europe". Palaeontology. 43 (5): 927–966. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00156.
Categories:
- Prehistoric fish genera
- Triassic fish of Africa
- Anisian genera
- Fossil taxa described in 1931
- Triassic fish stubs