Platysiagum

Platysiagum; Temporal range: Early Anisian–Early Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	† Platysiagiformes
Family:	† Platysiagidae
Genus:	† Platysiagum ; Egerton, 1872
Type species
	†Platysiagum sclerocephalum; Egerton, 1872
Other species
	†P. minusBrough, 1939; †P. sinensisWen et al., 2019;

Last updated June 20, 2025

Platysiagum is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish belonging to the family Platysiagidae. Fossils are known from the Middle Triassic of China, Italy and Switzerland, and the Early Jurassic of England.^[1]

References

1 2 Wen, W.; Hu, S. X.; Zhang, Q. Y.; Benton, M. J.; Kriwet, J.; Chen, Z. Q.; Zhou, C. Y.; Xie, T.; Huang, J. Y. (April 2019). "A new species of Platysiagum from the Luoping Biota (Anisian, Middle Triassic, Yunnan, South China) reveals the relationship between Platysiagidae and Neopterygii" . Geological Magazine. 156 (4): 669–682. Bibcode:2019GeoM..156..669W. doi:10.1017/S0016756818000079. hdl: 1983/67be3458-c375-4742-b7b0-22e52c7b5040 . ISSN 0016-7568. S2CID 134097409.

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[Wen2018-1] 1 2 Wen, W.; Hu, S. X.; Zhang, Q. Y.; Benton, M. J.; Kriwet, J.; Chen, Z. Q.; Zhou, C. Y.; Xie, T.; Huang, J. Y. (April 2019). "A new species of Platysiagum from the Luoping Biota (Anisian, Middle Triassic, Yunnan, South China) reveals the relationship between Platysiagidae and Neopterygii" . Geological Magazine. 156 (4): 669–682. Bibcode:2019GeoM..156..669W. doi:10.1017/S0016756818000079. hdl: 1983/67be3458-c375-4742-b7b0-22e52c7b5040 . ISSN 0016-7568. S2CID 134097409.

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Platysiagum

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