Dicellopyge
Dicellopyge is an extinct genus of palaeoniscoids that lived in freshwater environments in what is now South Africa. It lived in the Anisian era.
Description
[change | change source]A small fish, Dicellopyge had a blunt snout and a forked tail. The body was long and the skull was short. It was 15 cm long.
Classification
[change | change source]Naming
[change | change source]The genus Dicellopyge was first described by James Brough as "Dicellopygae". However, it was changed to Dicellopyge shortly after.
Species
[change | change source]- †Dicellopyge draperi Woodward, 1931 (type species)
- †Dicellopyge lissocephalus Brough, 1931
There could be a third species named Dicellopyge tenuis. However, there's not much research on it.
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- Hutchinson, Peter (1975). "Two Triassic fish from South Africa and Australia, with comments on the evolution of the Chondrostei". Palaeontology.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Data related to Dicellopyge at Wikidata