Parasemionotus

Parasemionotus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived in the Induan age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar.^[1] It is the name giving genus of the family Parasemionotidae and the order Parasemionotiformes.

Parasemionotus Temporal range: Induan[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Parasemionotus from the Sakamena Formation of Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Parasemionotiformes
Family:	†Parasemionotidae
Genus:	†Parasemionotus Piveteau, 1929
Type species
†Parasemionotus labordei (Priem, 1924)

The type species Parasemionotus labordei was first described under the name Semionotus labordei by Ferdinand Priem. Jean Piveteau later erected the new genus name Parasemionotus for this species. It is not closely related with Semionotus.

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish