''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 cartila ...
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 ...
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 together with ''
Albertonia'', ''
Candelarialepis'', ''
Jacobulus
''Jacobulus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now northern Madagascar 252.3 to 251.3 million years ago. The type species is ''Jacobulus novus'' (monotypy). It was a small fi ...
'', ''
Parasemionotus'', ''
Qingshania'', ''
Stensioenotus'', ''
Suius'', ''
Thomasinotus
''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. It belongs to the early neopterygian family Parasemionotidae together with '' Alberto ...
'' and ''
Watsonulus''.
See also
*
Prehistoric fish
The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion. It was during this time that the early chordates developed the skull and the vertebral column, leading to the first craniates and vertebrates. The first fi ...
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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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