Atopocephala Temporal range:
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Specimen of A. watsoni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Redfieldiiformes |
Family: | † Brookvaliidae |
Genus: | †
Atopocephala Brough, 1934 |
Species: | †A. watsoni
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Binomial name | |
†Atopocephala watsoni Brough, 1934
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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]
Atopocephala Temporal range:
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Specimen of A. watsoni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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]