Semionotiformes
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| Semionotiformes Temporal range: Late Permian-Late Cretaceous |
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| Lepidotes maximus from the Solnhofen Limestone, in South Germany | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Semionotiformes Arambourg and Bertini, 1958 |
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Semionotiformes ("flag-back form") is an order of primitive, ray-finned, primarily freshwater fish from the Triassic to the Cretaceous. The most well-known genus is Semionotus of Europe and North America.
[edit] Timeline of genera
[edit] References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
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