Pteroniscus

For the Triassic ray-finned fish, see Pteronisculus.
For the extant plant, see Pterodiscus (plant).

Pteroniscus
Temporal range: late Middle Jurassic-early Late Jurassic
~165–155 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Palaeonisciformes
Genus: †Pteroniscus
Berg, 1949
Type species
†Oxygnathus turkestanensis
Gorizdro-Kulczycka, 1926

Pteroniscus is an extinct genus of prehistoric "palaeoniscoid" ray-finned fish that lived during the Jurassic period in what is now Kazakhstan, Central Asia.[1] Fossils were recovered from the late Middle Jurassic or early Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian) Karabastau Formation in the Tian Shan mountains.[1]

  1. ^ a b Skrzycka, Roksana (2014). "Revision of two relic actinopterygians from the Middle or Upper Jurassic Karabastau Formation, Karatau Range, Kazakhstan". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 38 (3): 364–390. Bibcode:2014Alch...38..364S. doi:10.1080/03115518.2014.880267. S2CID 129308632.