Semionotus

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Semionotus
Temporal range: 248.1–184.2 Ma Early Triassic to Early Jurassic
File:Semionotus bergeri.jpg
Fossils of S. bergeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Ginglymodi
Order: Semionotiformes
Superfamily: Semionotoidea
Family: Semionotidae
Genus: Semionotus
Agassiz, 1843

Semionotus (from Greek: σημιον semion, 'mark' and Greek: νῶτος nôtos, 'back')[1] is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish found throughout Northern Pangaea (North America and Europe) during the late Triassic, becoming extinct in the Early Jurassic.

File:Semionotus kapffi.jpg
Fossil slab of S. kapffi mass mortality
File:Semionotus.jpg
Reconstruction of a generalized individual

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