Dinopteryx
Extinct genus of fishes
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Dinopteryx ("terrible wing") is an extinct genus of prehistoric beardfish from the Late Cretaceous period.[2] It contains a single species, D. spinosus, known from the Santonian of Lebanon (Sahel Alma).[1] It is the only member of the extinct family Dinopterygidae, which is considered a distinct family of the Polymixiiformes.[3][4] It was previously placed in the genus Hoplopteryx.[5][6]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Polymixiiformes |
| Family: | †Dinopterygidae Jordan, 1923 |
| Genus: | †Dinopteryx Woodward, 1901 |
| Species: | †D. spinosus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Dinopteryx spinosus (Davis, 1887) | |
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