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Definition of Pterichthys

Pterichthys
Pterichthys Pte*rich"thys, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? wing + ? fish.] (Paleon.) A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages. The head and most of the body were covered with large bony plates. See Placodermi.

Meaning of Pterichthys from wikipedia

- of Pterichthyodes refers directly to their odd wing-like appendages ("pterichthys" being a compound cr****is word from Ancient Gr**** for "wing-fish"), which...
- they encounter prehistoric fish such as Pterichthyodes (here called "Pterichthys") Dipterus (referred to as "Dipterides") and giant marine reptiles from...
- Homostius and Pterichthys...
- Old Red Sandstone of the northeast of Scotland. The strange forms of Pterichthys, Coccosteus, and other genera were then made known to geologists for...
- Parapistus Steindachner, 1866 Polemius Kaup, 1858 Prosopodasys Cantor, 1849 Pterichthys Swainson, 1839 For species A. carinatus Scorpaena carinata Bloch & Schneider...
- species. It was originally described as a species of the antiarch genus, Pterichthys. Fossils are found in Frasnian strata of New York and Pennsylvania, and...
- Asterolepis sysasiensis. Asterolepis has two sister taxa, Microbrachium and Pterichthys. Both sister taxa are also carnivores and Pterichtyhs is similarly blind...
- Stone Landscape (by Nick Lloyd) The Arena of Fulls (by Kerry Trengove) Pterichthys (by Richard Farrington) Shrine (by Hiroshi Makimara) A Tear for Stone...
- class: Placodermi Order: Arthrodira Family: Holonematidae Type species "Pterichthys rugosum" Claypole, 1883 Genera Artesonema Lelièvre & Goujet, 1986 Belemnacanthus...