''Atopocephala'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater
ray-finned fish that lived during the
Middle Triassic epoch. It contains a single species, ''A. watsoni'' from the
Karoo Supergroup
The Karoo Supergroup is the most widespread stratigraphic unit in Africa south of the Kalahari Desert. The supergroup consists of a sequence of units, mostly of nonmarine origin, deposited between the Late Carboniferous and Early Jurassic, a perio ...
of
South Africa. A potential indeterminate species was known from the
Timezgadiouine Formation of
Morocco, but is now considered an indeterminate actinopterygian.
See also
*
Prehistoric fish
*
List of prehistoric bony fish
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College
Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies, known simply as List College, is the undergraduate school of the J ...
References
Redfieldiiformes
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Middle Triassic fish
Triassic fish of Africa
Fossils of South Africa
Fossil taxa described in 1934
{{paleo-rayfinned-fish-stub