''Sauripterus'' ("lizard wing") is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of rhizodont

lobe-finned fish Sarcopterygii (; ) — sometimes considered synonymous with Crossopterygii () — is a taxon (traditionally a class or subclass) of the bony fishes known as the lobe-finned fishes. The group Tetrapoda, a mostly terrestrial superclass includ ...

that lived during the Devonian period (416-360.7 Ma). This genus was described by J. Hall after its discovery at Powy's Curve in Pennsylvania.

References

Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera Devonian fish of North America Rhizodonts {{paleo-lobefinned-fish-stub