Amblypterus
Extinct genus of fishes
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Amblypterus (from Greek: ἀμβλύς amblys, 'blunt' and Greek: πτερόν pteron 'wing' or 'fin')[1] is an extinct genus of freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Gzhelian (upper Carboniferous) and Cisuralian (lower Permian) epoch in what is now Europe (Czech Republic, France, Germany, Switzerland) and possibly India and Argentina.[2][3] Potential indeterminate records stretch as far back as the early Carboniferous.[4]
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| Amblypterus latus fossil | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Paramblypteriformes |
| Genus: | †Amblypterus Agassiz, 1833 |
| Type species | |
| †Amblypterus latus Agassiz, 1833 | |
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Taxonomy
This genus displays close similarities to Paramblypterus, to the extent that both may be synonymous, although presently they are considered distinct. The type specimen of A. latus is lost.[5]
Species
The following species are known:[4]
- A. arcuatus Egerton, 1850
- A. baylei Sauvage, 1890
- A. beaumonti Egerton, 1850
- A. berthieri Sauvage, 1893
- A. bibractensis Sauvage, 1893
- A. carolinae Hay, 1902
- A. caudatus Heckel & Kner, 1861
- A. decorus Egerton, 1850
- A. eupterygius Agassiz, 1833
- A. kashmiriensis Woodward & Seward, 1905
- A. latus Agassiz, 1833 (type species)
- A. magnus Sauvage, 1890
- A. obliquus Heckel & Kner, 1861
- A. orientalis Eichwald, 1860
- A. ornatus Emmons, 1857
- A. stewarti Romer, 1942
- A. symmetricus Woodward, 1905
- A. tenuicauda Troschel, 1851
- A. traquairi Woodward, 1891
Synonymy
- Amblypterus agassizi (Munster, 1835) → Gyrolepis agassizi Munster, 1835
- Amblypterus blainvillei (Agassiz, 1833) → Aeduella blainvillei (Agassiz, 1833) [= Palaeoniscus blainvillei Agassiz, 1833, Palaeothrissum inaequilobum Blainville, 1818][6]
- Amblypterus eurypterygius Agassiz, 1833 → Rhabdolepis macroptera (Bronn, 1829)
- Amblypterus lateralis Agassiz, 1833 → Amblypterus latus Agassiz, 1833
- Amblypterus macropterus (Bronn, 1829) → Rhabdolepis macroptera (Bronn, 1829)[7]
