Dicellopyge
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Dicellopyge is an extinct genus of freshwater[1] ray-finned fish that lived during the Anisian age of the Middle Triassic epoch in what is now South Africa. It was originally named "Dicellopygae" by James Brough but the name was later corrected to Dicellopyge by Peter Hutchinson.[2]
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Dicellopyge draperi fossil | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Palaeonisciformes |
Family: | †Palaeoniscidae |
Genus: | †Dicellopyge Brough, 1931 |
Type species | |
Dicellopyge macrodentata Brough, 1931 | |
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Dicellopyge coexisted with fish such as Lissodus, Elonichthys, Ceratodus, Coelacanthus, Helichthys, Meidiichthys, and Atopocephala.[1]