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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Platysiagiformes |
| Family: | †Platysiagidae |
| Genus: | †Platysiagum Egerton, 1872 |
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| †Platysiagum sclerocephalum Egerton, 1872
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See also
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References
edit- ^ a b 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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