Saurichthys
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Saurichthys is an extinct genus of predatory ray-finned fish from the Triassic Period. It is the type genus of the family Saurichthyidae, and the most speciose and longest lasting genus in the family.
Saurichthys NGMC
Saurichthys curionii fossil from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland
Saurichthys model at the Museum of Man and Nature, Munich
Saurichthys seefeldensis attacking Preondactylus, based on an outdated interpretation of a gastric pellet now believed to contain remains of Langobardisaurus
Birgeria
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Birgeria is a genus of carnivorous marine ray-finned fish from the Triassic period. Birgeria had a global distribution, with fossil known from Madagascar, Spitsbergen, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slo
Saurichthys
…show dedifferentiation of the axial skeleton. Large species of Saurichthys were apex predators among Triassic ray-finned fish, together with the marine Birgeria (Birgeriidae). Saurichthys is classically interpreted as an ambush predator, similar modern gars and needlefish. It is suggested that it first approached…
Birgeria
Skull of Birgeria americana
Restoration
PIMUZ T 5, a complete skeleton of Birgeria stensioei from the Besano Formation of Monte San Giorgio.