Watsonulus

Watsonulus
Temporal range: Induan[1]
Watsonulus eugnathoides type
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Parasemionotiformes
Family: †Parasemionotidae
Genus: †Watsonulus
Brough, 1939
Species:
†W. eugnathoides
Binomial name
†Watsonulus eugnathoides
(Piveteau, 1934)
Synonyms

Watsonulus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Madagascar.[2][1] It may have also existed in what is now Himachal Pradesh, India, during the Induan age (Early Triassic).[3] The type species, described by Jean Piveteau, is Watsonia eugnathoides. Because "Watsonia" was preoccupied, the new genus name Watsonulus was later erected. The genus is named after David Meredith Seares Watson.

Classification

Albertonia cupidinia also had large pectoral fins

Watsonulus belongs to Parasemionotidae, a family of early neopterygians closely related with halecomorphs. Other members of Parasemionotidae include Albertonia, Candelarialepis, Icarealcyon, Jacobulus, Lehmanotus, Parasemionotus, Qingshania, Stensioenotus, Suius, and Thomasinotus.

Similar to Albertonia (Early Triassic of Canada) and Icarealcyon, the pectoral fins of Watsonulus were fairly large.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ Olsen, P.E. (1984). "The skull and pectoral girdle of the parasemionotid fish Watsonulus eugnathoides from the Early Triassic Sakamena Group of Madagascar, with comments on the relationships of the holostean fishes". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 4 (3): 481–499. Bibcode:1984JVPal...4..481O. doi:10.1080/02724634.1984.10012024.
  3. ^ a b Romano, Carlo; Ware, David; Brühwiler, Thomas; Bucher, Hugo; Brinkmann, Winand (2016). "Marine Early Triassic Osteichthyes from Spiti, Indian Himalayas". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 135 (2): 275–294. doi:10.1007/s13358-015-0098-6. S2CID 129013905.


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