Gigantopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch. [1]

Thoracopteridae is an extinct family of prehistoric bony fish classified with the order Peltopleuriformes, containing four genera: Thoracopterus, Gigantopterus, Potanichthys and …

Here, we report the discovery of exceptionally well-preserved fossils of a new thoracopterid flying fish from the Middle Triassic of China, which represents the earliest evidence of an over-water …

Consequently, the content of Thoracopteridae was re-evaluated and now includes Thoracopterus, Gigantopterus, Potanichthys comb. nov. and Italopterus gen. nov. Wushaichthyidae is …

Mar 12, 2025 · Gigantopterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Carnian stage of the Late Triassic epoch. From Wikipedia article at …

Nov 1, 2015 · Additionally, our phylogenetic studies suggest that Potanichthys [1] and Gigantopterus [3] are more derived than Thoracopterus [3] in having an almost naked body, …

Jan 7, 2015 · Gliding adaptations in thoracopterid flying fishes represent a remarkable case of convergent evolution of overwater gliding strategy with modern exocoetid flying fishes, but the …

Gigantopterus was named by Abel (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn Sepkoski's reference number: 863]. Its type is Gigantopterus telleri. It was assigned to Perleidiformes by Sepkoski …

Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Chordata family Thoracopteridae genus Gigantopterus

Nov 4, 2015 · Habroichthys, Thoracopterus, Gigantopterus and Nannolepis show an unusual skull-roof pattern and are included in the re-defined order Luganoiiformes.