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Propterus

Extinct genus of fishes

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Propterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish of the Solnhofen Plattenkalk.

†Propterus elongatus Wagner 1863 from the Jurassic of Solnhofen, Germany
†Propterus elongatus Wagner 1863 from the Jurassic of Solnhofen, Germany
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