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]
| Ecrinesomus Temporal range:
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| Ecrinesomus dixoni fossil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Bobasatraniiformes |
| Family: | †Bobasatraniidae |
| Genus: | †Ecrinesomus Woodward, 1910 |
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| †Ecrinesomus dixoni Woodward, 1910
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Appearance
editEcrinesomus 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]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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..
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