Stensionotus
Appearance
Stensionotus Temporal range:
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Parasemionotiformes |
Family: | †Parasemionotidae |
Genus: | †Stensionotus Lehman, 1952 |
Type species | |
†Stensionotus intercessus Lehman, 1952
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Stensionotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar and China.[1] It belongs to Parasemionotidae together with Albertonia, Candelarialepis, Jacobulus, Lehmanotus, Parasemionotus, Qingshania, Suius, Thomasinotus and Watsonulus. It is named after Erik Stensiö.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.