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  • Semionotus sp. Part and Counterpart


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    Taxonomy

    Ray Finned Fishes

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Semionotiformes
    Family: Semionotidae
    Genus: Semionotus
    Species: Semionotus sp.
    Author Citation Semionotus Agassiz 1843 (ray-finned fish)

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Jurassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Early
    International Age: Hettangian

    Stratigraphy

    Newark Supergroup, Hartford Basin
    Shuttle Meadow Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Tim Jones
    Date Collected: 06/29/2014
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 8.8 cm
    Width: 3.5 cm

    Location

    Middlesex County
    Connecticut
    United States

    Comments

    Partial Semionotus sp.  - part and counterpart. 

    Nearly complete - missing caudal fin.

    Species indeterminate - possibly S. micropterus?

    Early Jurassic, Shuttle Meadow Formation.

    Connecticut.




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