Amblypterina
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''Kichkassia'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater
ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
from the order Eurynotoidiformes. It contains only a single species, ''K. furcae'', known from the
Permian The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years, from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.902 Mya. It is the s ...
of
European Russia European Russia is the western and most populated part of the Russia, Russian Federation. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the country's sparsely populated and vastly larger eastern part, Siberia, which is situated in Asia ...
. The former genus ''Amblypterina'' and its type species ''A. costata'' are considered a junior synonym of it, although some of its species have also been transferred to '' Isadia''.


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{{Taxonbar, from=Q124576806 Permian fish of Europe Fossils of Russia Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Fossil taxa described in 1990