''Stensionotus'' 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 ...

and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. 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 ...

'', ''

Lehmanotus ''Lehmanotus'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar. It belongs to Parasemionotidae together with '' Albertonia'', ''Candelarialepis'', ''Jacobulus'', '' Parasemionotus' ...

'', '' Parasemionotus'', ''

Qingshania ''Qingshania'' is a genus of enigmatic eukaryote from the Chuanlinggou Formation and Gaoyuzhuang Formation of China. It contains two species, ''Qingshania magnifica'' and ''Qingshania kuanchengensis''. Description Both species have cells up ...

'', '' 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 ''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). The ...

''. It is named after

Erik Stensiö Prof Erik Helge Osvald Stensiö HFRSE (2 October 1891 – 11 January 1984), né Andersson, was an influential Swedish paleozoologist and founder of the so-called "Stockholm School" of vertebrate paleontology. He later took his new surnam ...

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Parasemionotiformes Early Triassic fish Prehistoric animals of China Prehistoric animals of Madagascar Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera {{triassic-fish-stub

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