Amblypterus

genus of fishes

Amblypterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish from the Cisuralian.

A fossil of Amblypterus.

Classification change

Species change

  • Amblypterus arcuatus
  • Amblypterus beaumonti
  • Amblypterus blainvillei (currently Aeduella blainvillei)
  • Amblypterus carolinae
  • Amblypterus decorus
  • Amblypterus duvernoyi
  • Amblypterus latus (type)
  • Amblypterus reussi
  • Amblypterus stewarti
  • Amblypterus traquairi
  • Amblypterus voltzi

Type species change

The type species is Amblypterus latus.

Synonymy change

  • Amblypterus blainvillei (Agassiz, 1833)Aeduella blainvillei (Agassiz, 1833) [= Palaeoniscus blainvillei Agassiz, 1833, Palaeothrissum inaequilobum Blainville, 1818]
  • Amblypterus eurypterygius Agassiz, 1833Rhabdolepis macroptera (Bronn, 1829)
  • Amblypterus lateralis Agassiz, 1833Amblypterus latus Agassiz, 1833
 

Related pages change

References change

  1. Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson
  2. A Pictorial Guide to Fossils by Gerard Ramon Case

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