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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Palaeonisciformes Hay 1902
Family: Bobasatraniidae
Genus: Ecrinesomus
Species: Ecrinesomus dixoni
Author Citation WOODWARD, 1910
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Triassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Dienerian
Beaufort Group
Sakamena Formation
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Iraro
Antsiranana Province
Diana Region
Madagascar
Medium sized fish with a rounded, laterally flattened body. Snout flattened. Dorsal and anal fins opposite and broad based. Attached behind the body's midpoint. Rhombic body. Caudal fin large, deeply divided.
Often mixed up with the somehow similar looking Bobasatrania mahavavica.
References:
White, E.I. (1932) On a new Triassic fish from North-East Madagascar. Ann. a. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10), 10: 80-83.
Woodward. A.S. (1910) On some Permo-Carboniferous fishes from Madagascar. Ann. Mag. Natur. Hist., ser. 8, 5: 1-6; London.
Lehman, J. P. (1956) Compléments à l'étude des genres Ecrinesomus et Bobasatrania de l'Eotrias de Madagascar. Ann. Paléontol., 42: 67-94; Paris.
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