Thomasinotus

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Thomasinotus
Temporal range: Induan[1]
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Thomasinotus sp. fossil
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Parasemionotiformes
Family: Parasemionotidae
Genus: Thomasinotus
Lehman, 1952
Species:
T. divisus
Binomial name
Thomasinotus divisus
Lehman, 1952

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 , Candelarialepis, , Jacobulus, Lehmanotus, Parasemionotus, , Stensioenotus, , 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. Retrieved 2009-02-27.


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