''Lehmanotus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric
bony fish
Osteichthyes ( ; ), also known as osteichthyans or commonly referred to as the bony fish, is a Biodiversity, diverse clade of vertebrate animals that have endoskeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They can be contrasted with the Chondricht ...
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 251.9 Ma and Ma (million years ago). Rocks from this epoch are collectively known as the Lower Triassic Series, which ...
epoch in what is now
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
.
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 marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Induan age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Nevada. It contains a single species, ''C. argentus''. It was described from the Candelaria ...
'', ''
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 (geology), age of the Early Triassic epoch (geology), epoch in what is now Madagascar. It belongs to the early neopterygian family (biology), f ...
'' and ''
Watsonulus''. It is named after
Jean-Pierre Lehman
Jean-Pierre Lehman (10 August 1914 – 26 February 1981) was a French paleontologist who specialized on tetrapods and actinopterygians. He followed early ideas comparative anatomy to study evolution through cladistic ideas and making use of bio ...
.
See also
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Prehistoric fish
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Prehistoric fish are early fish that are known only from fossil records. They are the earliest known vertebrates, and include the first and extinct fish that lived through the Cambrian to the Quaternary. The study of prehistoric fish is ...
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List of prehistoric bony fish
This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class Osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includ ...
References
Parasemionotiformes
Early Triassic fish
Prehistoric animals of Madagascar
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
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