Description
- Paramblypterus sp.
- Lower Permian Age
- Jeckenbach Formation
- Rotleigendes (Red Beds)
- Odernheim, Germany
- The plate measures 9.75″ long and the fish measures 7.35″ long
- This is a very well preserved example of a Paleoniscoid fish known as Paramblypterus. The paleoniscoids were the first ray-finned fish, a feature readily seen here. 26 or more families of ray-finned fish appeared during the Carboniferous and Permian Periods. The Jeckenbach Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Permian period.
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WHAT IS A PARAMBLYPTERUS?
Paramblypterus is an extinct genus of bony fish. This taxon would often fall under predation from Paleozoic tetrapods such as Sclerocephalus
By Dr. Günter Bechly
