Sauropsis

Artist's restoration of Sauropsis

Sauropsis is an extinct genus of pachycormiform. It is a rather long-lived fish, having survived for more than 30 million years. It had a tapered body and two long pectoral fins. Compared to others, such as Pachycormus, this animal possessed a more elongated skull, a more rigid axial skeleton and narrower, more pointed fins; the tail was deeply forked.

Species

The genus has 4 species:

• †Sauropsis latus
• †Sauropsis longimanus
• †Sauropsis veruinalis
• †Sauropsis woodwardi

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Fossil of Sauropsis

Sauropsis veruinalis

References

1. Roberts, George (1839). "An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology". p. 154. Retrieved 1 January 2022.