Ecrinesomus

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Ecrinesomus
Temporal range: Induan [1]
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Encrinesomus dixoni Castellarquato.JPG
Ecrinesomus dixoni fossil
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Ecrinesomus

Woodward, 1910
Binomial name
Ecrinesomus dixoni
Woodward, 1910

Ecrinesomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bobasatraniiform ray-finned fish that lived during the Induan age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar. [1]

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Appearance

Ecrinesomus co-occurred with the relatively similar looking Bobasatrania . Fossils of these two genera are sometimes misidentified, but can be distinguished based on the following characters: the number of scale rows (Ecrinesomus has ca. 48 transversal scale rows, Bobasatrania has fewer), the body shape (Ecrinesomus has an elliptical, Bobasatrania a rhombic body outline) and the distinct skull bone pattern. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. Lehman, Jean-Pierre (1956). "Compléments à l'étude des genres Ecrinesomus et Bobasatrania de l'Eotrias de Madagascar". Annales de Paléontologie (in French). 42: 67–94..