Parasemionotus

Parasemionotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived in the Induan age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar.[1] It is the name giving genus of the family Parasemionotidae. This family includes the genera Albertonia, Candelarialepis, Jacobulus, Lehmanotus, Qingshania, Stensioenotus, Suius, Thomasinotus, Watsonulus and possibly additional genera like Promecosomina. Parasemionotidae had a global distribution during the Early Triassic. Species of this family are found in Greenland, Madagascar, Canada, India, China, United States and possibly Australia.

Parasemionotus
Temporal range: Induan[1]
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Parasemionotus from the Sakamena Formation of Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
Superclass:
Osteichthyes
Class:
Actinopterygii
Subclass:
Neopterygii
Infraclass:
Holostei
Order:
Parasemionotiformes
Family:
†Parasemionotidae
Genus:
†Parasemionotus

Piveteau, 1929
Type species
†Parasemionotus labordei
(Priem, 1924)

The type species Parasemionotus labordei was first described under the name Semionotus labordei by Ferdinand Priem. Jean Piveteau later erected the new genus name Parasemionotus for this species. It is not closely related with Semionotus.

See also
  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.


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