| Dicellopyge Temporal range:
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| Dicellopyge draperi fossil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | †Dicellopygidae Romer, 1945 |
| Genus: | †Dicellopyge Brough, 1931 |
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| Dicellopyge macrodentata Brough, 1931
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Dicellopyge is an extinct genus of freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the early Anisian age of the Middle Triassic epoch in what is now South Africa. It was originally named "Dicellopygae" by James Brough but the name was later corrected to Dicellopyge by Peter Hutchinson.[1][2]
Dicellopyge is known from the lower Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, where it coexisted with fish such as Lissodus, Elonichthys, Ceratodus, Coelacanthus, Helichthys, Meidiichthys, and Atopocephala.[1][2]
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b Hutchinson, Peter (1975). "Two Triassic fish from South Africa and Australia, with comments on the evolution of the Chondrostei". Palaeontology. 18 (3): 613–629.