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Semionotiformes

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Semionotiformes
Scheenstia maximus from the Solnhofen Limestone, in South Germany
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Clade: Neoginglymodi
Order: Semionotiformes
Arambourg and Bertini, 1958
Families

Semionotiformes ("flag-back form") is an order of primitive, ray-finned, primarily freshwater fish from the Triassic to the Cretaceous. The best-known genus is Semionotus of Europe and North America.

Hadrodus prisca tooth, Menuha Formation (Upper Cretaceous), southern Israel

Timeline of genera

CenozoicMesozoic EraPaleozoic EraQuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousJurassicTriassicPermianSphathiurusOshuniaParalepidosteusOligopleurusCallopteusHeterostrophusTetragonolepisAustrolepidotusPrionopleurusProlepidotusDapediumSargodonDandyaPristiosomusHemicalypterusCorunegenysPlesiolepidotusLepidotusOrthurusAphelolepisSerrolepisSinosemionotusEnigmatichthysAsialepidotusAllelepidotusAlleiolepisSemionotusEosemionotusPericentrophusArchaeolepidotusParalepidotusAcentrophorusCenozoicMesozoic EraPaleozoic EraQuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneCretaceousJurassicTriassicPermian

References

  • Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1–560. Retrieved 2011-05-17.