Atopocephala

Atopocephala Temporal range: Anisian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Specimen of A. watsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	† Redfieldiiformes
Family:	† Brookvaliidae
Genus:	† Atopocephala Brough, 1934
Species:	†A. watsoni
Binomial name
†Atopocephala watsoni Brough, 1934

Atopocephala is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch. It contains a single species, A. watsoni from the Karoo Supergroup of South Africa. A potential indeterminate species was known from the Timezgadiouine Formation of Morocco, but is now considered an indeterminate actinopterygian. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish

References

1. Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
2. "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
3. Schaeffer, Bobb. "On the relationships of the Triassic-Liassic redfieldiiform fishes. American Museum novitates; no. 2795". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
4. Khalloufi, Bouziane; Jalil, Nour-Eddine (2020). "Overview of the Late Triassic (Carnian) actinopterygian fauna from the Argana Basin (Morocco)". Comptes Rendus. Géoscience. 352 (6–7): 495–513. doi: 10.5802/crgeos.34 . ISSN   1778-7025.