Dictyopyge Explained

Dictyopyge is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater bony fish. Two species are recognized, D. macrurus and D. meekeri, which both lived during the Carnian age (Late Triassic) in what is now Virginia, United States.^{[1] [2]}

Several possibly unrelated species from the Triassic of Europe are provisionally referred to Dictyopyge ("D." rhenana, "D." socialis, "D." catoptera, "D." superstes), while three species from the Middle Triassic of Australia previously referred to Dictyopyge have been tentatively reallocated to the genus Brookvalia.^[3]

See also

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

Notes and References

1. Sepkoski . Jack . A compendium of fossil marine animal genera . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 364 . 560 . 2002 . 2009-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class . 2011-07-23 .
2. Olsen . Paul E. . McCune . Amy R. . Amy McCune . Thomson . Keith S. . 1982 . Correlation of the Early Mesozoic Newark Supergroup by vertebrates, principally fishes . American Journal of Science . 282 . 1 . 1–44 . 10.2475/ajs.282.1.1 . free. 1982AmJS..282....1O . .
3. Romano . Carlo . Koot . Martha B. . Kogan . Ilja . Brayard . Arnaud . Minikh . Alla V. . Brinkmann . Winand . Bucher . Hugo . Kriwet . Jürgen . Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution . Biological Reviews . 2016 . 91 . 1 . 106–147 . 10.1111/brv.12161 . 25431138 . 5332637 .