Semionotiformes Temporal range: Late Permian-Late Cretaceous |
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Scheenstia maximus from the Solnhofen Limestone, in South Germany | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Subclass: | Neopterygii |
Order: |
†Semionotiformes Arambourg and Bertini, 1958 |
Families | |
Semionotiformes ("flag-back form") is an order of primitive, ray-finned, primarily freshwater fish from the Triassic to the Cretaceous. The best-known genus is Semionotus of Europe and North America.