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Pygopterus humboldti Agassiz, 1833 together with Palaeoniscum freieslebeni Blainville, 1818
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Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Palaeonisciformes
Family: Pygopteridae
Genus: Pygopterus
Species: Pygopterus humboldti
Author Citation Agassiz, 1833
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Permian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Wuchiapingian
Stratigraphy
Zechstein Group
Werra Formation
Kupferschiefer (Copper Shale)
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Length: 62 cm
Location
Bad Sachsa
Lower Saxony
Germany
Comments
The smaller fish next to P. humboldti is a Palaeoniscum freieslebeni Blainville, 1818 - a very common fish in the copper shale.
Relative abundance of P. humboldti in Bad Sachsa: 2,5% of all vertebrates.
Relative abundance of P. freieslebeni in Bad Sachsa: 90% of all vertebrates
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