''Tetrapterus'' (from el, τετρα , 'four' and el, πτερόν 'wing')
is an extinct genus of prehistoric
perciform
Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish. If considered a single order, they are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means " ...
fish.
See also
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Prehistoric fish
The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion. It was during this time that the early chordates developed the skull and the vertebral column, leading to the first craniates and vertebrates. The first fis ...
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List of prehistoric bony fish
References
External links
Bony fish in the online Sepkoski Database
Prehistoric perciform genera
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