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Thoracopterus
''Thoracopterus'' is an extinct genus of overwater gliding ray-finned fish. It was common to the late Middle Triassic and Late Triassic epochs in what is now Europe and China. ''Thoracopterus'' had elongate pectoral fins, similar to modern Exocoetidae, which are used to glide overwater in order to escape aquatic predators. ''Thoracopterus'' represents the earliest known example for overwater gliding in actinopterygians. References * Fishes of the World ''Fishes of the World'' by the American ichthyologist Joseph S. Nelson (1937–2011) is a standard reference for fish systematics. Now in its fifth edition (2016), the work is a comprehensive overview of the diversity and classification of the ... by Joseph S. Nelson (page 95) * Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton * The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution by John A. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Thoracopterus'' is an extinct genus of overwater gliding ray-finned fish. It was common to the late Middle Triassic and Late Triassic epochs in what is now Europe and China. ''Thoracopterus'' had elongate pectoral fins, similar to modern Exocoetidae, which are used to glide overwater in order to escape aquatic predators. ''Thoracopterus'' represents the earliest known example for overwater gliding in actinopterygians. References * Fishes of the World ''Fishes of the World'' by the American ichthyologist Joseph S. Nelson (1937–2011) is a standard reference for fish systematics. Now in its fifth edition (2016), the work is a comprehensive overview of the diversity and classification of the ... by Joseph S. Nelson (page 95) * Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton * The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution by John A. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoracopteridae
Thoracopteridae is an extinct family of prehistoric bony fish; classified with the order Peltopleuriformes. This lineage of Triassic flying fish-like Perleidiformes converted their pectoral and pelvic fins into broad wings very similar to those of their modern counterparts. However, this group is not related to modern flying fish from the family Exocoetidae, instead being a case of convergent evolution. Classification * Family †Thoracopteridae Griffith 1977 sensu Xu et al. 2012 ** Genus †''Gigantopterus ''Gigantopterus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch. See also * Prehistoric fish * List of prehistoric bony fish A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists ...'' Abel 1906 *** †''Gigantopterus telleri'' Abel 1906 ** Genus †'' Italopterus'' Shen & Arratia 2022 *** †''Italopterus martinisi'' (Tintori & Sassi 1992) *** †''Italopterus magnificus'' Tintori & Sassi 1987 ** Genus †' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actinopterygians
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines (rays), as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish). These actinopterygian fin rays attach directly to the proximal or basal skeletal elements, the radials, which represent the link or connection between these fins and the internal skeleton (e.g., pelvic and pectoral girdles). By species count, actinopterygians dominate the vertebrates, and they constitute nearly 99% of the over 30,000 species of fish. They are ubiquitous throughout freshwater and marine environments from the deep sea to the highest mountain streams. Extant species can range in size from ''Paedocypris'', at , to the massive ocean sunfish, at , and the long-bodied oarfish, at . The vast majority of Actinoptery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray-finned Fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines (rays), as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish). These actinopterygian fin rays attach directly to the proximal or basal skeletal elements, the radials, which represent the link or connection between these fins and the internal skeleton (e.g., pelvic and pectoral girdles). By species count, actinopterygians dominate the vertebrates, and they constitute nearly 99% of the over 30,000 species of fish. They are ubiquitous throughout freshwater and marine environments from the deep sea to the highest mountain streams. Extant species can range in size from ''Paedocypris'', at , to the massive ocean sunfish, at , and the long-bodied oarfish, at . The vast majority of Actinoptery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or horny spines (rays), as opposed to the fleshy, lobed fins that characterize the class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish). These actinopterygian fin rays attach directly to the proximal or basal skeletal elements, the radials, which represent the link or connection between these fins and the internal skeleton (e.g., pelvic and pectoral girdles). By species count, actinopterygians dominate the vertebrates, and they constitute nearly 99% of the over 30,000 species of fish. They are ubiquitous throughout freshwater and marine environments from the deep sea to the highest mountain streams. Extant species can range in size from ''Paedocypris'', at , to the massive ocean sunfish, at , and the long-bodied oarfish, at . The vast majority of Actinopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peltopleuriformes
Peltopleuriformes is an extinct order of ray-finned fish. Classification * Order †Peltopleuriformes Lehman 1966 [Peltopleuroidei Lehman 1966] ** Family †Peltopleuridae Bough 1939 *** Genus †''Marcopoloichthys'' Tintori et al. 2008 *** Genus †''Placopleurus'' Brough *** Genus †''Peltopleurus'' Kner 1866a [''Tripelta'' Wade 1940] ** Superfamily †Thoracopteroidea Shen & Arratia 2022 *** Family †Wushaichthyidae Shen & Arratia 2022 **** Genus †''Wushaichthys'' Xu et al. 2015 **** Genus †''Peripeltopleurus'' Bürgin 1992 *** Family †Thoracopteridae Griffith 1977 sensu Shen & Arratia 2022 **** Genus †''Pterygopterus'' Kner 1867 [''Pterygopterus'' Kner 1867 non Butler 1876] **** Genus †''Urocomus'' Costa 1862 **** Genus †''Thoracopterus'' Bronn 1858 **** Genus †''Gigantopterus'' Abel 1906 **** Genus †''Potanichthys'' Xu et al. 2012 **** Genus †''Italopterus'' Shen & Arratia 2022 Timeline of genera ImageSize = width:1000px height:auto barincrement:15px Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perleidiformes
Perleidiformes are an extinct order of prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Triassic period Although numerous Triassic taxa have been referred to Perleidiformes, which ones should be included for it to form a monophyletic group is a matter of ongoing scientific debate. Classification ** Family † Cleithrolepididae Wade 1935 corrig. leithrolepidae Wade 1935; Hydropessidae Hutchinson 1973*** Genus †''Hydropessum'' Broom 1909 *** Genus †'' Cleithrolepidina'' Berg 1955 *** Genus †''Cleithrolepis'' Egerton 1864 *** Genus †''Dipteronotus'' Egerton 1864 ** Suborder †Cephaloxenoidei Lehman 1966 *** Family † Cephaloxenidae Brough 1939 **** Genus †''Cephaloxenus'' Brough 1939 ** Suborder †Perleidoidei *** Family †Platysiagidae Brough 1939 sensu Neuman & Mutter 2005 **** Genus †'' Caelatichthys'' Lombardo 2002 **** Genus †'' Helmolepis'' Stensiö 1932 **** Genus †'' Platysiagum'' Egerton 1872 *** Family † Polzbergiidae Griffin 1977 **** Genus †'' Luopingichth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigantopterus
''Gigantopterus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch. See also * Prehistoric fish * List of prehistoric bony fish A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies, known simply as List College, is the undergraduate school of the J ... References Further reading * * Late Triassic fish Peltopleuriformes Triassic fish of Europe {{triassic-fish-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potanichthys
''Potanichthys'' is a fossil genus of flying or gliding fish found in deposits in China dating to the Ladinian age of the Middle Triassic epoch (237 to 228 million years ago). However, the fossil is not related to modern flying fish, which evolved independently about 66 million years ago. It is classified under the extinct family Thoracopteridae of the order Perleidiformes. It contains only one species, ''Potanichthys xingyiensis''. See also *''Thoracopterus ''Thoracopterus'' is an extinct genus of overwater gliding ray-finned fish. It was common to the late Middle Triassic and Late Triassic epochs in what is now Europe and China. ''Thoracopterus'' had elongate pectoral fins, similar to modern Exo ...'' References External linksNew flying fish fossils discovered in China''BBC'', 31 October 2012. Middle Triassic fish Triassic bony fish Fossil taxa described in 2012 Peltopleuriformes Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Prehistoric fish of Asia Prehistoric anim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladinian
The Ladinian is a stage and age in the Middle Triassic series or epoch. It spans the time between Ma and ~237 Ma (million years ago). The Ladinian was preceded by the Anisian and succeeded by the Carnian (part of the Upper or Late Triassic). The Ladinian is coeval with the Falangian regional stage used in China. Stratigraphic definitions The Ladinian was established by Austrian geologist Alexander Bittner in 1892. Its name comes from the Ladin people that live in the Italian Alps (in the Dolomites, then part of Austria-Hungary). The base of the Ladinian Stage is defined as the place in the stratigraphic record where the ammonite species '' Eoprotrachyceras curionii'' first appears or the first appearance of the conodont ''Budurovignathus praehungaricus''. The global reference profile for the base (the GSSP) is at an outcrop in the river bed of the Caffaro river at Bagolino, in the province of Brescia, northern Italy.The GSSP was established by Brack ''et al.'' (2005) The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exocoetidae
The Exocoetidae are a family of marine fish in the order Beloniformes class Actinopterygii, known colloquially as flying fish or flying cod. About 64 species are grouped in seven to nine genera. While they cannot fly in the same way a bird does, flying fish can make powerful, self-propelled leaps out of the water where their long wing-like fins enable gliding for considerable distances above the water's surface. The main reason for this behavior is thought to be to escape from underwater predators, which include swordfish, mackerel, tuna, and marlin, among others, though their periods of flight expose them to attack by avian predators such as frigate birds. Barbados is known as "the land of the flying fish", and the fish is one of the national symbols of the country. The Exocet missile is named after them, as variants are launched from underwater, and take a low trajectory, skimming the surface, before striking their targets. Etymology The term Exocoetidae is both the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predators
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill the host) and parasitoidism (which always does, eventually). It is distinct from scavenging on dead prey, though many predators also scavenge; it overlaps with herbivory, as seed predators and destructive frugivores are predators. Predators may actively search for or pursue prey or wait for it, often concealed. When prey is detected, the predator assesses whether to attack it. This may involve ambush or pursuit predation, sometimes after stalking the prey. If the attack is successful, the predator kills the prey, removes any inedible parts like the shell or spines, and eats it. Predators are adapted and often highly specialized for hunting, with acute senses such as vision, hearing, or smell. Many predatory animals, both vertebrate and inve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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