Dicellopyge

Dicellopyge
Temporal range: Anisian
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Dicellopyge draperi fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: †Dicellopygidae
Romer, 1945
Genus: †Dicellopyge
Brough, 1931
Type species
Dicellopyge macrodentata
Brough, 1931
Species
  • D. draperi (Woodward, 1931) (=D. macrodentata Brough, 1931)
  • D. lissocephalus Brough, 1931
  • ?D. tenuis Broom, 1909
Synonyms
  • Dicellopygae Brough, 1931

Dicellopyge is an extinct genus of palaeoniscoids that lived in freshwater environments in what is now South Africa. It lived in the Anisian era.

Description

A small fish, Dicellopyge had a blunt snout and a forked tail. The body was long and the skull was short. It was 15 cm long.

Classification

Naming

The genus Dicellopyge was first described by James Brough as "Dicellopygae". However, it was changed to Dicellopyge shortly after.

Species

There could be a third species named Dicellopyge tenuis. However, there's not much research on it.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  1. Hutchinson, Peter (1975). "Two Triassic fish from South Africa and Australia, with comments on the evolution of the Chondrostei". Palaeontology.

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