Amblypterus
Amblypterus is an extinct genus of freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Gzhelian and Cisuralian epoch in what is now Europe and possibly India and Argentina. Potential indeterminate records stretch as far back as the early Carboniferous.
Taxonomy
This genus displays close similarities to Paramblypterus, to the extent that both may be synonymous, although presently they are considered distinct. The type specimen of A. latus is lost.Species
The following species are known:A. arcuatus Egerton, 1850A. baylei Sauvage, 1890A. beaumonti Egerton, 1850A. berthieri Sauvage, 1893A. bibractensis Sauvage, 1893A. carolinae Hay, 1902A. caudatus Heckel & Kner, 1861A. decorus Egerton, 1850A. eupterygius Agassiz, 1833A. kashmiriensis Woodward & Seward, 1905A. latus Agassiz, 1833 A. magnus Sauvage, 1890A. obliquus Heckel & Kner, 1861A. orientalis Eichwald, 1860A. ornatus Emmons, 1857A. stewarti Romer, 1942A. symmetricus Woodward, 1905A. tenuicauda Troschel, 1851A. traquairi Woodward, 1891Synonymy
- Amblypterus agassizi → Gyrolepis agassizi Munster, 1835
- Amblypterus blainvillei → Aeduella blainvillei
- Amblypterus eurypterygius Agassiz, 1833 → Rhabdolepis macroptera
- Amblypterus lateralis Agassiz, 1833 → Amblypterus latus Agassiz, 1833
- Amblypterus macropterus → ''Rhabdolepis macroptera''