Pteroniscus
| Pteroniscus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Palaeonisciformes |
| Genus: | †Pteroniscus Berg, 1949 |
| Type species | |
| †Oxygnathus turkestanensis Gorizdro-Kulczycka, 1926 | |
Pteroniscus is an extinct genus of prehistoric "palaeoniscoid" ray-finned fish that lived during the Jurassic period in what is now Kazakhstan, Central Asia. Fossils were recovered from the late Middle Jurassic or early Late Jurassic (Callovian/Oxfordian) Karabastau Formation in the Tian Shan mountains.