Concavotectum

Concavotectum; Temporal range: Cenomanian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Infraphylum:	Gnathostomata
Superclass:	Osteichthyes
Superorder:	Elopomorpha
Order:	Tselfatiiformes; Crossognathiformes
Genus:	Concavotectum
Binomial name
	Concavotectum moroccensis; Cavin et al., 2008 vide Cavin et al., 2010
Synonyms
	?Paranogmius Stromer, 1915;

Concavotectum is an extinct genus of tselfatiiforme bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian. It was discovered and named in 2008 and is known from a single well preserved hand-sized skull and a few isolated vertebrae.

The type species, Concavotectum moroccensis was named in 2008.[1]

References

Cavin L, Tong H, Boudad L, Meister C, Piuz A, Tabouelle J, et al. (2010) Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview. Journal of African Earth Sciences Geological Society of Africa Presidential Review No 16 57: 391–412.

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[1] Cavin L, Tong H, Boudad L, Meister C, Piuz A, Tabouelle J, et al. (2010) Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview. Journal of African Earth Sciences Geological Society of Africa Presidential Review No 16 57: 391–412.