Sakamenichthys
Sakamenichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar.[3][1] Fossils were recovered from beds of the Middle Sakamena Formation of the Beroroha basin in the southern part of the island.[3]
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Genus: | †Sakamenichthys Lehman, Château, Laurain et Nauche, 1959 |
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†Sakamenichthys germaini Lehman, Château, Laurain et Nauche, 1959 | |
Sakamenichthys was first assigned to the family Catopteridae, but was later tentatively referred to the order Redfieldiiformes.[2]
References
- Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- Hutchinson, Peter (1973). "A revision of the redfieldiiform and perleidiform fishes from the Triassic of Bekker's Kraal (South Africa) and Brookvale (New South Wales)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology. 22: 236–354..
- Lehman, J.P.; Château, C.; Laurain, M.; Nauche, M. (1959). "Paléontologie de Madagascar XXVII, Les poissons de la Sakamena moyenne". Annales de Paléontologie (in French). 45: 175–219.
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