Thomasinotus
Appearance
Thomasinotus Temporal range:
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Thomasinotus sp. fossil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Parasemionotiformes |
Family: | †Parasemionotidae |
Genus: | †Thomasinotus Lehman, 1952 |
Species: | †T. divisus
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Binomial name | |
†Thomasinotus divisus Lehman, 1952
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Thomasinotus is an extinct genus of small prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived in the Induan age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar.[1] It belongs to the early neopterygian family Parasemionotidae together with Albertonia, Candelarialepis, Icarealcyon, Jacobulus, Lehmanotus, Parasemionotus, Qingshania, Stensioenotus, Suius, and Watsonulus.
See also
References
- ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.