Allothrissops

Allothrissops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish belonging to the Ichthyodectiformes.

Description

Allothrissops has an elongated body, a deeply forked tail with a lower lobe slightly longer than the upper one, a short skull and short jaws.

Fossils

  • Allothrissops mesogaster
  • Specimen at Natural History Museum, Gothenburg
  • Allothrissops salmoneus

Species

  • Allothrissops mesogaster Agassiz, 1834
  • Allothrissops salmoneus de Blainville, 1818 (type)
  • Allothrissops regleyi Thiollière, 1854


References

  1. "Fossilworks: Allothrissops" Archived 2021-12-12 at the Wayback Machine. fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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