Stensionotus

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Stensionotus
Temporal range: Early Triassic[1]
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Parasemionotiformes
Family: Parasemionotidae
Genus: Stensionotus
Lehman, 1952
Type species
Stensionotus intercessus
Lehman, 1952
Species
  • S. intercessus
  • S. dongchangensis

Stensionotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar and China.[1] It belongs to Parasemionotidae together with , Candelarialepis, Jacobulus, Lehmanotus, Parasemionotus, , , Thomasinotus and Watsonulus.

See also[]

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References[]

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.


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