Platysomus

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Platysomus gibbosus
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Fossil of Platysomus circularis in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago

Platysomus (from Template:Langx Script error: No such module "lang"., 'broad' and Template:Langx Script error: No such module "lang". 'body')[1] is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived in the Carboniferous and Permian periods. Fossils have been found worldwide.

Platysomus was about Script error: No such module "convert". long, and shaped similarly to the discus fish, having the same flattened body and elongated dorsal and anal fins. Its jaws were placed vertically under the braincase, giving it a wide gape. Platysomus is thought to have fed on plankton, and lived in both fresh and salt water.[2]

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