Ecrinesomus dixoni Woodward, 1910

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Palaeonisciformes Hay 1902
Family: Bobasatraniidae
Genus: Ecrinesomus
Species: Ecrinesomus dixoni
Author Citation WOODWARD, 1910

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Triassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Early
International Age: Dienerian

Stratigraphy

Beaufort Group
Sakamena Formation

Biostratigraphy

Lystrosaurus and Cynognathus Zone
Fish and Ammonite Horizon

Provenance

Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

Location

Iraro
Antsiranana Province
Diana Region
Madagascar

• ambilobe
• ecrinesomus
• madagascar
• tff-oilshale-ch877
• triassic

Comments

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.