''Lehmanotus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric
bony fish
Osteichthyes (), popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse superclass of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They can be contrasted with the Chondrichthyes, which have skeletons primarily composed of cartilag ...
that lived during the
Early Triassic
The Early Triassic is the first of three epochs of the Triassic Period of the geologic timescale. It spans the time between Ma and Ma (million years ago). Rocks from this epoch are collectively known as the Lower Triassic Series, which is a un ...
epoch in what is now
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
.
It belongs to
Parasemionotidae
Parasemionotiformes is an extinct order of neopterygian ray-finned fish that existed globally during the Triassic period. It comprises the families Parasemionotidae and Promecosominidae. Many of the included genera are monotypic and most specie ...
together with ''
Albertonia'', ''
Candelarialepis
''Candelarialepis'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Induan age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Nevada. It was described from the Candelaria Formation.
See also
* List of prehistoric bony fis ...
'', ''
Jacobulus'', ''
Parasemionotus
''Parasemionotus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived in the Induan age (geology), age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar. It is the name giving genus of the family (taxonomy), family Parasemionotidae and t ...
'', ''
Qingshania'', ''
Stensioenotus'', ''
Suius'', ''
Thomasinotus'' and ''
Watsonulus
''Watsonulus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar. It may have also existed in what is now Himachal Pradesh, India, during the Induan age (Early Triassic).Romano ...
''.
See also
*
Prehistoric fish
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*
List of prehistoric bony fish
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References
Parasemionotiformes
Early Triassic fish
Prehistoric animals of Madagascar
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
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