Dollopterus

Dollopterus; Temporal range: Anisian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Neopterygii
Genus:	†Dollopterus; Abel, 1906
Species
	D. brunsvicensis Stolley, 1920; D. subserratus Stolley, 1920; D. volitans (Compter, 1892);

Dollopterus (meaning "Dollo's wing") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic epoch. It contains several species known primarily from the Muschelkalk of Germany.

The following species are known:

D. brunsvicensis Stolley, 1920 - Anisian of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony
D. subserratus Stolley, 1920 - Anisian of Lower Saxony
D. volitans (Compter, 1892) - Anisian of Lower Saxony

Indeterminate remains are known from the Netherlands.

References

1 2 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.
1 2 Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
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