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aquatic predators.
Thoracopterus represents one of the
earliest known example for
overwater gliding in actinopterygians. †
Thoracopterus martinisi Tintori...
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Fossil of the Tri****ic †perleidiform †
Thoracopterus magnificus...
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Thoracopterus (above) and
Cheirothrix (below), two
different Mesozoic analogues for
flying fish...
- Altisolepis?
Nannolepis Peltopleurus Placopleurus Thoracopteridae Gigantopterus Italopterus Peripeltopleurus Potanichthys Thoracopterus Wushaichthys...
- example, had strong, button-like teeth. Some perleidiforms, such as
Thoracopterus, were the
first ray-fins to
glide over water, much like
extant flying...
- Altisolepis?
Nannolepis Peltopleurus Placopleurus Thoracopteridae Gigantopterus Italopterus Peripeltopleurus Potanichthys Thoracopterus Wushaichthys...
- and
other gliders.
Extinct fish of the
family Thoracopteridae, like
Thoracopterus or Potanichthys, were
similar to
modern flying fish (gliding ability...
-
Thoracopterus...
- †Thoracopteridae Griffith, 1977
sensu Xu et al., 2013
Genus †
Thoracopterus Bronn, 1858 †
Thoracopterus niederristi Bronn, 1858
Genus †Gigantopterus Abel, 1906...
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Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus Fish
Pseudodalatias barnstonensis Sargodon tomicus Thoracopterus martinisi ?Eopholidophorus
forojuliensis Holophagus sp. Saurichthys...
